Objective:
In this study we aimed to compare contrastenhanced T1-weighted FLAIR SENSE with contrast-enhanced spin-echo T1-weighted sequence to detect brain lesions, reduction of artifacts and determination of the lesion boundaries.
Material and Methods:
Between July 2012 and March 2013, 50 patients with a diagnosis of intracranial mass were examined with contrast-enhanced T1W FLAIR SENSE and contrast- enhanced T1W SE sequences. The number of lesions, lesion-background and lesion-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR), and the severity of the artefacts were assessed with these two methods. The degrees of artefacts were classified as none, mild and severe.
Results:
More than 23 lesions were detected by contrastenhanced T1-FLAIR SENSE when it was compared with contrast-enhanced T1W SE. Lesion-background and lesion- CSF CNR were compared. There was no significant difference between them (p>0.05).
Conclusion:
In this study we concluded that contrast-enhanced T1W FLAIR SENSE can take place in the routine examinations to detect brain masses and to reduce artifacts.
Keywords: artifact, intracranial masses,SENSE, T1 weighted FALIR