Reduction of procedure times in routine clinical practice with Compressed SENSE magnetic resonance imaging technique.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Acceleration of MR sequences beyond current parallel imaging techniques is possible with the Compressed SENSE technique that has recently become available for 1.5 and 3 Tesla scanners, for nearly all image contrasts and for 2D and 3D sequences. The impact of this technique on examination timing parameters and MR protocols in a clinical setting was investigated in this retrospective study.

Material and methods

A numerical analysis of the examination timing parameters (scan time, exam time, procedure time, interscan delay time, changeover time, nonscan time) based on the MR protocols of 6 different body regions (brain, knee, lumbar spine, breast, shoulder) using MR log files was performed and the total number of examinations acquired from January to April both in 20

SUBMITTER: Sartoretti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461228 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature