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1 Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York
Ave., Rm. C278, New York, NY 10021.
2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT 06520.
3 Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
10021.
4 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Valley Health System, Ridgewood, NJ
07450.
OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of images obtained with fast 3D T2-weighted turbo spin-echo (TSE) MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) sequences and 1-mm isotropic voxels with the quality of conventional 2D MRCP images.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Thirty consecutively registered patients (14 women, 16 men; average age, 60.2 years; age range, 32-87 years) underwent imaging at 1.5 T with a 6-element body array coil. All imaging was performed with three MRCP techniques: free-breathing 3D T2-weighted TSE (TR/TE, 1,300/680; flip angle, 180°; field of view, 250-300 mm; matrix size, 256 x 256; slice thickness, 1 mm; parallel acquisition technique factor, 2); breath-hold 3D T2-weighted TSE (same parameters as the free-breathing 3D technique); breath-hold coronal and oblique coronal thick-slab 2D TSE without parallel acquisition technique (2,800/1,100; flip angle, 150-180°). Quantitative measures of image signal and contrast were evaluated by analysis of variance and paired Student's t tests. A 5-point scale (1, nondiagnostic, to 5, high diagnostic confidence) was used to compare the 3D and 2D data sets for image quality and definition of biliary and pancreatic ductal anatomic features. Friedman's nonparametric and Wilcoxon's rank sum tests were performed for statistical analysis of the qualitative assessments.
RESULTS. Quantitative results showed free-breathing and breath-hold 3D TSE images had significantly higher relative signal intensity and contrast than 2D TSE images (p < 0.0001). The qualitative findings showed that both free-breathing and breath-hold 3D TSE techniques gave better delineation of biliary anatomy (p < 0.0001) than the 2D technique. The overall quality of 3D images was better than that of 2D images, and 3D imaging was better at depicting pancreatic ducts, although the difference did not reach statistical significance.
CONCLUSION. Three-dimensional volumetric MRCP images are of superior quality and give better delineation of pancreaticobiliary anatomy than conventional 2D images and have the added advantage of multiplanar and postprocessing capabilities.
Keywords: cholangiopancreatography • MRI
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