Peripheral Nerve Imaging using 2-point Dixon 3D Fast Spine Echo (CUBE-FLEX) with Flow-Saturation Preparation (FSP): Initial Feasibility Study
Darryl Sneag1, Mitsuharu Miyoshi2, Maggie Fung3, Daniel Litwiller3, and Hollis Potter1
1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States, 2GE Healthcare, Hino, Japan, 3GE Healthcare, New York, NY, United States
High-resolution
MRI currently plays an important role in diagnostic management of peripheral
nerve pathology. Peripheral nerves, however, pose particular imaging challenges
that conventional sequences frequently cannot address. Their small size and
oblique course between muscles and alongside vessels may inhibit reliable
identification. We propose a 2-point Dixon fat/water separation 3D fast spin
echo technique to achieve uniform fat suppression, combined with a flow-saturation
prep pulse to suppress moving vascular spins to improve nerve visualization. The
objective of this study was to assess the technique’s feasibility and potential
diagnostic utility in evaluating peripheral nerves throughout the body.
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