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Quantitative Analysis of T1 Weighted Images due to Change in TI by Using the Inversion Recovery in 3.0T Brain MRI Examination

  • Han, Jung-Seok (Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital) ;
  • Dong, Kyung-Rae (Department of Radiological Technology, Gwangju Health College University) ;
  • Chung, Woon-Kwan (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Cho, Jae-Hwan (Department of Radiological Science, Gyeongsan University College) ;
  • Shin, Jae-Woo (Department of Biomaterials, Chonbuk National University School of Dentistry) ;
  • Kim, Young-Jae (Department of Radiological Technology, Gwangyang Health College)
  • Received : 2012.05.16
  • Accepted : 2012.06.08
  • Published : 2012.06.30

Abstract

Although 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the advantages of a higher signal to noise ratio (SNR) and contrast than 1.5T MRI, there are limitations on the contrast between white and grey matter because of the long T1 recovery time when T1 images are obtained using the Spin Echo Technique. To overcome this, T1 weighted images are obtained occasionally using the inversion recovery (IR) technique, which employs a relatively long TR. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal TI in a brain examination when a T1 weighted image is obtained using the IR technique. Eight participants (male: 7, female: 1, average age: $34{\pm}14.11$) with a normal diagnosis were targeted from February 18, 2012 to February 27, 2012, and the contrast between white and grey matter as well as the contrast to noise ratio (CNRs) in each participant were measured. The CNRs of white matter and grey matter were highest at TI = 600, 650, 750, 900, 1050 and 1100 ms when the TR was 1100, 1400, 1700, 2000, 2300 and 2600 ms, respectively. Therefore, as the TIs were $44.425{\pm}0.877%$ of the TRs in the TR range of 1400-2300 ms, the optimal T1 weighted images that describe the contrast between white and grey matter can be obtained if the TIs are compensated for with $44.425{\pm}0.877%$ of the TRs in the time of setting TIs.

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