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Abstract #0502

Clinical Performance of 3D-FSE-Cube in the Upper Extremity

Lauren Michelle Shapiro1, Deborah M. Lee1, Karthryn J. Stevens1, Weitian Chen2, Anja C. Brau2, Brian A. Hargreaves3, Garry Evan Gold1,4

1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 2Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, USA; 3Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford University, CA, USA; 4Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA


Musculoskeletal MRI studies usually comprise of 2D-FSE sequences acquired in orthogonal planes. 3D-FSE enables isotropic voxel acquisition allowing reformations and decreased overall exam time. Thinner slice thickness in 3D-FSE also results in less partial volume artifact. We compare the clinical performance of 3D-FSE to 2D-FSE in evaluating the symptomatic upper extremity at 3.0T using arthroscopy as a reference standard. 3D-FSE showed similar performance to 2D-FSE in pathology identification in the upper extremity. The thinner slices of 3D-FSE, and the ability to reformat images in arbitrary planes, enabled optimal visualization of smaller and oblique pathology.