Thin-slice elbow MRI with deep learning reconstruction: Superior diagnostic performance of elbow ligament pathologies.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: With the slice thickness routinely used in elbow MRI, small or subtle lesions may be overlooked or misinterpreted as insignificant. To compare 1 mm slice thickness MRI (1 mm MRI) with deep learning reconstruction (DLR) to 3 mm slice thickness MRI (3 mm MRI) without/with DLR, and 1 mm MRI without DLR regarding image quality and diagnostic performance for elbow tendons and ligaments.

Authors

  • Jisook Yi
    Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Haeundae-ro 875, Busan, 48108, South Korea.
  • Seok Hahn
    Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Haeundae-ro 875, Busan, 48108, South Korea.
  • Ho-Joon Lee
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Yedaun Lee
    From the Department of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (K.J.C.); Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (J.K.J., S.S.L., Y.S.S., W.H.S., H.S.K., J.Y., J.H.K., S.Y.K.) and Department of Diagnostic Pathology (E.S.Y.), Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, South Korea; Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (J.Y.C.); Department of Radiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea (Y.L.); and Department of Radiology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (B.K.K.).
  • Jin-Young Bang
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea.
  • Youngbok Kim
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, 875 Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108, Republic of Korea.
  • Joonsung Lee
    From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (M.K., H.S.K., H.J.K., J.E.P., S.J.K.), Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (S.Y.P.), and Department of Neurosurgery (Y.H.K.), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 05505, South Korea; GE Healthcare Korea, Seoul, Korea (J.L.); GE Healthcare Canada, Calgary, Canada (M.R.L.); and Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (M.R.L.).