Abstract #4741

Optimizing TSE-T2WI MR imaging of esophageal cancer at 3T: evaluating the effects of chemical shift FS, Dixon and BLADE techniques to image quality

Yawen Wang¹, Zhu Wang¹, Ruobing Wang¹, Dong Qu¹, Qinglei Shi², and Peihua Wu¹

¹Department of Imaging Diagnosis, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ²Diagnostic Imaging, Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Beijing, China

This study evaluated the effects of chemical shift fat saturation (FS), Dixon and BLADE techniques to image quality in high-resolution imaging of esophageal cancer using a two-dimensional turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence. After quantitative and subjective quality comparing, TSE-T2WI-CS got higher image quality than T2WI Dixon and T2WI BLADE sequences, which demonstrated certain advantages in the diagnosis of esophageal cancer, while T2WI Dixon and T2WI BLADE sequences also has some advantages respectively.

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