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Effectiveness of a Turbo Direction Change for Reduction of Motion Artifact in Magnetic Resonance Enterography
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 21, Number 3, 30 Sep 2016, Pages 421-424
Kwan-Woo Choi (Asan Medical Center), Soon-Yong Son (Wonkwang Health Science University), Mi-Ae Jeong * (Department of Dental Hygiene, Kangwon National University)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an effectiveness of switching turbo direction to improve motion artifacts of small bowels and aorta. From June to October 2015, 60 patients suspected of having Crohn’s disease were enrolled. The MR Enterography scans were performed using same protocol other than the turbo direction: with the Z phase encoding (group A) and with Y phase encoding (group B). Qualitative analysis of each group was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of switching turbo direction from Z to Y. As a result, the 5-point Likert scale for paired observers were 2.33±0.88 for group A and 3.80±0.85 for group B on dynamic contrast enhanced coronal images. In conclusion, group B is proved to be superior to group A and can lessen the motion artifacts derived from phase shifts.


 

Keywords: MR enterography; Crohn’s disease; turbo direction; phase encoding direction; motion artifact
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2016.21.3.421
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