Fast T2-weighted liver MRI: Image quality and solid focal lesions conspicuity using a deep learning accelerated single breath-hold HASTE fat-suppressed sequence.

Journal: Diagnostic and interventional imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Acceleration of MRI acquisitions and especially of T2-weighted sequences is essential to reduce the duration of MRI examinations but also kinetic artifacts in liver imaging. The purpose of this study was to compare the acquisition time and the image quality of a single-shot fat-suppressed turbo spin-echo (TSE) T2-weighted sequence with deep learning reconstruction (HASTE) with that of a fat-suppressed T2-weighted BLADE TSE sequence in patients with focal liver lesions.

Authors

  • Sébastien Mulé
    Medical Imaging Department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France, Inserm, U955, Team 18, 94000 Créteil, France.
  • Rym Kharrat
    Service d'Imagerie Médicale, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France.
  • Pierre Zerbib
    Department of Radiology, AP-HP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
  • Aurélien Massire
    Siemens Healthcare SAS, Saint-Denis 93200, France.
  • Marcel Dominik Nickel
    MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Khalid Ambarki
    Siemens Healthcare SAS, Saint-Denis 93200, France.
  • Edouard Reizine
    Service d'Imagerie Médicale, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France; Faculté de Santé, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil 94000, France; INSERM IMRB, U 955, Equipe 18, Créteil 94000, France.
  • Laurence Baranes
    Service d'Imagerie Médicale, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France.
  • Benhalima Zegai
    Service d'Imagerie Médicale, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France.
  • Frédéric Pigneur
    Department of Radiology, Henri Mondor Hospital/AP-HP, Créteil, F-94010, France.
  • Hicham Kobeiter
    Service d'Imagerie Médicale, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil 94000, France; Faculté de Santé, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil 94000, France.
  • Alain Luciani
    Medical Imaging Department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France, Inserm, U955, Team 18, 94000 Créteil, France.