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Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced T1 Weighted FLAIR SENSE and T1 Weighted Spin Echo Sequence to Detect Cranial Masses
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Original Article
VOLUME: 33 ISSUE: 4
P: 213-220
October 2017

Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced T1 Weighted FLAIR SENSE and T1 Weighted Spin Echo Sequence to Detect Cranial Masses

Eur Arc Med Res 2017;33(4):213-220
DOI: 10.5222/otd.2017.1092
Hülya Kurtul Yıldız 1
Elif Evrim Ekin 1
Emel Yılmaz Şahin 2
1. Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Radyoloji Kliniği, İstanbul
2. Medstar Topçular Hastanesi Rayoloji Bölümü, Antalya
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Received Date: 03.08.2015
Accepted Date: 21.03.2017
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ABSTRACT

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