Abstract #3084

Fat-Suppressed and Distortion-Corrected MRI Near Metallic Implants

Brian A. Hargreaves¹, Wenmiao Lu², Kim Butts Pauly¹, John M. Pauly³, Garry E. Gold¹

¹Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; ²Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Tech University, Singapore, Singapore; ³Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

Fluid-sensitive volumetric imaging of patients with metallic implants is potentially an important diagnostic tool to assess for infection, implant loosening, or other complications. Recent MR techniques use spin echoes combined with additional encoding to substantially reduce distortion and signal loss artifacts. Here we demonstrate the use of these sequences with short TI inversion recovery (STIR) to provide reliable fat suppression near metallic implants, which is particularly important in assessment of many disorders.