Misaki Nakazawa1,2, Akifumi Hagiwara2,3, Masaaki Hori2, Christina Andica2, Koji Kamagata2, Hideo Kawasaki2, Nao Takano2, Shuji Sato2, Nozomi Hamasaki2, Kouhei Tsuruta1,2, Sho Murata1,2, Ryo Ueda1,2, Shigeki Aoki2, and Atsushi Senoo1
1Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
The purpose of this study was to assess
whether contrast-enhanced synthetic MRI is suitable for detecting brain metastases by
comparing the lesion-to-white matter contrast, contrast-to-noise ratio, and
number of brain metastases detected in synthetic and conventional magnetic
resonance images.
Synthetic T1IR images had better contrast
compared with synthetic T1W or conventional T1IR images. Synthetic T1IR images enabled detection of more metastases
than did synthetic T1W and conventional T1IR images even though statistical
significance was not detected.
Contrast-enhanced synthetic T1IR is useful
for detecting brain metastases.
Further optimization of contrast weighting
is needed to maximize the ability to detect brain metastases.
The purpose of this study was to assess
whether contrast-enhanced synthetic MRI is suitable for detecting brain metastases by
comparing the lesion-to-white matter contrast, contrast-to-noise ratio, and
number of brain metastases detected in synthetic and conventional magnetic
resonance images.
Synthetic T1IR images had better contrast
compared with synthetic T1W or conventional T1IR images. Synthetic T1IR images enabled detection of more metastases
than did synthetic T1W and conventional T1IR images even though statistical
significance was not detected.
Contrast-enhanced synthetic T1IR is useful
for detecting brain metastases.
Further optimization of contrast weighting
is needed to maximize the ability to detect brain metastases.
