Clinical radiology · 2016
Improvement in imaging common temporal bone pathologies at 3 T MRI: small structures benefit from a small field of view.
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Schulze M, Reimann K, Seeger A, Klose U, Ernemann U, Hauser T K
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AIM: To compare image quality and evaluate its clinical importance in common temporal bone pathologies of a pTX-SPACE (parallel transmit [pTX] three-dimensional turbo spin-echo with variable flip angle [SPACE]) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence improved for spatial resolution to a standard-SPACE sequence exhibiting the same scan time at 3 T.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-four patients were examined using a standard-SPACE and resolution improved pTX-SPACE sequence at 3 T MRI. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and image quality were assessed. Diseases investigated were vestibular schwannoma (VS), intralabyrinthine schwannoma (ILS), inner ear malformations, labyrinthitis, temporal bone fractures, and situation after VS resection.
RESULTS: Edge definition, intratumoural pattern, discrimination of VS from the modiolus and edge definition of ILS, separability from the spiral lamina, and detectability within cochlear turns were improved on the pTX-SPACE sequence. Detectability of malformations, post-traumatic changes, and discrimination of the cochlear and facial nerve after VS resection was improved on the pTX-SPACE sequence. In labyrinthitis, pTX-SPACE was not superior to standard-SPACE. The SNR and CNR were significantly reduced for pTX-SPACE.
CONCLUSIONS: pTX-SPACE significantly improves the detectability of temporal bone diseases, in particular, VS, ILS, and post-VS resection.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-four patients were examined using a standard-SPACE and resolution improved pTX-SPACE sequence at 3 T MRI. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and image quality were assessed. Diseases investigated were vestibular schwannoma (VS), intralabyrinthine schwannoma (ILS), inner ear malformations, labyrinthitis, temporal bone fractures, and situation after VS resection.
RESULTS: Edge definition, intratumoural pattern, discrimination of VS from the modiolus and edge definition of ILS, separability from the spiral lamina, and detectability within cochlear turns were improved on the pTX-SPACE sequence. Detectability of malformations, post-traumatic changes, and discrimination of the cochlear and facial nerve after VS resection was improved on the pTX-SPACE sequence. In labyrinthitis, pTX-SPACE was not superior to standard-SPACE. The SNR and CNR were significantly reduced for pTX-SPACE.
CONCLUSIONS: pTX-SPACE significantly improves the detectability of temporal bone diseases, in particular, VS, ILS, and post-VS resection.