Balanced Turbo Field Echo with Extended k-space Sampling: A Fast Technique for the Thoracic Ductography

Takakiyo NOMURA; Tetsu NIWA; Toshiki KAZAMA; Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI; Takashi OKAZAKI; Shuhei SHIBUKAWA; Hiroaki NISHIO; Makoto OBARA; Yutaka IMAI

doi:10.2463/mrms.tn.2015-0111

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Balanced Turbo Field Echo with Extended k-space Sampling: A Fast Technique for the Thoracic Ductography

Takakiyo NOMURA, Tetsu NIWA, Toshiki KAZAMA, Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI, Takashi OKAZAKI, Shuhei SHIBUKAWA, Hiroaki NISHIO, Makoto OBARA, Yutaka IMAI

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Takakiyo NOMURA
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Tetsu NIWA
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Toshiki KAZAMA
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Takashi OKAZAKI
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Shuhei SHIBUKAWA
Department of Radiology, Tokai University Hospital
Hiroaki NISHIO
Department of Radiology, Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital
Makoto OBARA
Philips Electronics Japan Ltd.
Yutaka IMAI
Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine

Keywords: thoracic duct, magnetic resonance imaging, 3D balanced turbo field echo, real reconstruction

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2016 Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 405-410

DOI https://doi.org/10.2463/mrms.tn.2015-0111

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Abstract

We evaluated the visibility of the thoracic duct by fast balanced turbo field echo with extended k-space sampling (bTFEe). The thoracic duct of 10 healthy volunteers was scanned by bTFEe using a 1.5-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which was acquired in approximately 2 minutes. Three-dimensional (3D) turbo spin-echo (TSE) was obtained for comparison. The thoracic duct including draining location of the venous system was overall well visualized on bTFEe, compared to TSE.

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