MR microscopy of the rat lung using projection reconstruction.

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Journal Article

Projection reconstruction has been implemented with self-refocused selection pulses on a small bore, 2.0 T MR microscope, to allow imaging of lung parenchyma. Scan synchronous ventilation and cardiac gating have been integrated with the sequence to minimize motion artifacts. A systematic survey of the pulse sequence parameters has been undertaken in conjunction with the biological gating parameters to optimize resolution and signal-to-noise (SNR). The resulting projection images with effective echo time of < 300 microseconds allow definition of lung parenchyma with an SNR improvement of approximately 15 x over a more conventional 2DFT short echo gradient sequence.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Gewalt, SL; Glover, GH; Hedlund, LW; Cofer, GP; MacFall, JR; Johnson, GA

Published Date

  • January 1, 1993

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 29 / 1

Start / End Page

  • 99 - 106

PubMed ID

  • 8419748

Pubmed Central ID

  • 8419748

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0740-3194

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/mrm.1910290117

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States