Naoyuki Takei1, Shohei Fujita2,3, Issei Fukunaga2, Mitsuharu Miyoshi1, Shigeki Aoki2, Suchandrima Banerjee4, and Tetsuya Wakayama1
1MR Applications and Workflow, GE Heatlcare, Tokyo, Japan, 2Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 4MR Applications and Workflow, GE Heatlcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States
1MR Applications and Workflow, GE Heatlcare, Tokyo, Japan, 2Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 4MR Applications and Workflow, GE Heatlcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States
A novel 3D multi-contrast imaging technique using
the hybrid acquisition of FSE and GRE provided T1 weighted, T2 weighted and
FLAIR images simultaneously.
The comparison with conventional 3D imagings in term
of image contrast and scan time demonstrated a promising result.
Fig.1. (a) A schematic pulse sequence diagram of
SCETA (Serial Connection of Echo Train acquisition) to acquire T1w, T2w and
FLAIR using the hybrid acquisition of FSE and GRE. (b) Echo signal of white
matter, gray matter and CSF builds three imaging contrasts in a TR.
Fig. 2. A
comparsion result with conventional 3D scan of T2w, FLAIR and T1w. SCETA
reduces scan time by a factor of approximately 2.4 while maintaining similar
image appearance to conventional scan.
