AJR Not a Member? Click to Join ARRS!
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Krinsky, G.
Right arrow Articles by Weinreb, J. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Krinsky, G.
Right arrow Articles by Weinreb, J. C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 166, 523-526, Copyright © 1996 by American Roentgen Ray Society

ARTICLES

Nonspecificity of short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) as a technique of fat suppression: pitfalls in image interpretation

G Krinsky, NM Rofsky and JC Weinreb
Department of Radiology, HW-207, New York University Medical Center, 10016, USA.

Short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) and the rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) version of STIR are commonly used pulse sequences that are sensitive enough to detect a broad range of pathologic conditions. In addition to suppressing the signal from fat, the STIR sequence achieves additive T1-weighted, T2- weighted, and proton density-weighted contrast to facilitate lesion conspicuity [1, 2]. Fat suppression with STIR sequences is based on short T1 relaxation rates and therefore is not tissue specific. The signal from any tissue with a short T1, similar to that of fat, may be nulled as well. The signal from tissues that accumulate paramagnetic contrast agents also may be suppressed with STIR sequences when an appropriate degree of T1 shortening results.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am. J. Roentgenol.Home page
D. N. Costa, I. Pedrosa, C. McKenzie, S. B. Reeder, and N. M. Rofsky
Body MRI Using IDEAL
Am. J. Roentgenol., April 1, 2008; 190(4): 1076 - 1084.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadioGraphicsHome page
S. N. Gandhi, M. A. Brown, J. G. Wong, D. A. Aguirre, and C. B. Sirlin
MR Contrast Agents for Liver Imaging: What, When, How
RadioGraphics, November 1, 2006; 26(6): 1621 - 1636.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadioGraphicsHome page
C. J. Kellenberger, M. Epelman, S. F. Miller, and P. S. Babyn
Fast STIR Whole-Body MR Imaging in Children
RadioGraphics, September 1, 2004; 24(5): 1317 - 1330.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
O. Hauger, E. Dumont, J.-F. Chateil, M. Moinard, and F. Diard
Water Excitation as an Alternative to Fat Saturation in MR Imaging: Preliminary Results in Musculoskeletal Imaging
Radiology, September 1, 2002; 224(3): 657 - 663.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
E. S. Siegelman and E. K. Outwater
Tissue Characterization in the Female Pelvis by Means of MR Imaging
Radiology, July 1, 1999; 212(1): 5 - 18.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 RadioGraphicsHome page
E. M. Delfaut, J. Beltran, G. Johnson, J. Rousseau, X. Marchandise, and A. Cotten
Fat Suppression in MR Imaging: Techniques and Pitfalls
RadioGraphics, March 1, 1999; 19(2): 373 - 382.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1996 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.