Improved reproducibility in measuring LV volumes and mass using multicoil breath-hold cine MR imaging

Hajime Sakuma, Sebastian Globits, Michael W. Bourne, Ann Shimakawa, Thomas K. Foo, Charles B. Higgins

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Abstract

There is a generally recognized need for improvement in quality of fast cardiac MR images. Consequently, breath-hold cine MR images were obtained with multiple surface coils connected to phased array receivers, and C/N, intra-observer and inter-observer variabilities for LV volumes and mass were evaluated. Two sets of short-axis images of the LV, one with multiple surface coils and another with a body coil, were acquired in eight subjects with a fast cine MR sequence using k-space segmentation (TR/TE = 7/2.2 msec, temporal resolution = 56 msec). C/N with multicoil imaging was 32.2 ± 7.6 (mean±SD), significantly higher than that with a body coil (11.0 ± 3.3, P <.01). The mean percentage differences in intra-observer and inter-observer measurements with multicoil imaging were significantly better than those with a body coil. In conclusion, multicoil imaging provides significant gain in C/N on breath-hold cine MRI of the heart. In addition, intra-observer and inter-observer reproducibilities are improved with multicoil imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)124-127
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume6
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heart function
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Rapid MR imaging
  • Surface coil

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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