Published date:2007-11-27

SCMR Recommended Protocols

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Published date:2007-06-04

The Neuro3D Task Card

The Neuro3D task card is a syngo software application. It combines morphologic or structural imaging with functional MRI information in an easy-to-use platform offering the clinician a more ...

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Published date:2007-06-04

Comparison of Intracranial 3D-ToF-MRA with and without Parallel Acquisition Techniques

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has undergone significant developments over the past decade. For imaging intracranial vessels, time-of-flight (ToF) MRA sequences have been widely used (5, 6, ...

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Published date:2007-06-04

An Overview of Three Dimensional Contrast-Enhanced MRA at 3.0 Tesla

Over the past decade, thanks to steady advances in pulse sequences and scanner design, contrast-enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA) has made significant advances in image quality and reliability. For a ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

Neuroimaging at MAGNETOM Trio, A Tim System

Siemens already has a proven track record as an industry leader in ultra-high field imaging at 3 Tesla with the MAGNETOM Allegra and MAGNETOM Trio, and at even higher field strengths with several 7 ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

3T MRI in Orthopedics

Orthopedic imaging is greatly enhanced by improvements in resolution. However, this reduction in voxel size is ultimately limited by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the images. The development of ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

The Utility of Surface Coils and New Sequences in Orbital and Ocular MR Imaging

MRI of the orbit has become an important diagnostic tool in ophthalmology. The development and refinement of surface coils, increased speed of scanning and newer pulse sequences such as post-contrast dark fluid or ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

3T Imaging in the Hip

The current practice of diagnosing osteoarthritis in the hip joint is based on typical clinical symptoms and x-ray findings – radiographic joint space narrowing and osetophytes [1]. This ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

Advances in Cardiac MRI at 3T - Benefits of Multi-Channel MR Systems

The challenges for cardiac MR imaging are three-fold: spatial and temporal resolution, signal-to-noise ratio and the limitations induced by the need for breath-hold imaging (Figure 1). With the ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

A Practical Approach to Lung MRI at 1.5T

A Practical Approach to Lung MRI at 1.5T The value of MRI in imaging cardiac and large vessel disease is widely accepted, but the largest organ of the thorax, the lung, is usually investigated with ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

3T Cartilage Imaging in the Knee Joint

The clinical use of MRI in diagnosis of cartilage lesions and monitoring of treatment is indicated in several studies. The use of cartilage thickness measurements as indication for the severity of ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

Non-EPI Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Cholesteatoma

MR imaging has an additional value in the detection and delineation of congenital temporal bone and acquired middle ear cholesteatoma. The combination of standard MRI sequences with intravenous gadolinium administration and ...

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Published date:2007-06-01

CSI-Measurements of the Human Brain at 3T

One of the advantages of using MR scanners working at higher field strengths is the improvement in MR spectroscopy. In proton spectroscopy, the relevant frequency range for analysis of spectra is ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

Bochum, Grönemeyer Institut, Germany

Fast high resolution MR-guided arthrography using iPAT

The new parallel acquisition technology (iPAT) allows a reduction in the acquisition time of MRI images and/or an increase in the resolution of the acquired images. Our investigation uses ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

3T Neuropediatric Imaging, Initial Experience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Six months ago a new 3T MAGNETOM Trio was installed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. After three months operating from 8am to 4pm mostly on out-patients, the system was then utilized ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

New Perspectives and Challenges in Abdominal Imaging with the MAGNETOM Trio, A Tim System

In general, the challenges for abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are confined to the three-fold issues of spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, and artifacts from respiratory motion or ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

Functional High-Resolution 3D Examinations of the Cervical Spine with MRI and the NeuroSwing Device*

Functional examinations of the cervical spine have been performed since the mid-1990s. All of the mechanical systems implemented to date have specific disadvantages, such as the lack of ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

Differentiating Primary Parotid Gland Lesions by Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging

The most important clinical application of Diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the detection and characterization of cerebral ischemia (1). Recently, a few studies were ...

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Published date:2007-05-31

Use of Turbo GRAPPA Inversion Recovery (IR) Imaging in Parkinson’s Disease

Segmented inversion recovery ratio imaging (SIRRIM) was introduced in previous works to investigate selective neurodegeneration in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Turbo GRAPPA inversion ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

SPACE (Clinical Practice)

Our MRI unit combines 3 hospital institutions of different sizes within one university center, making it possible to create a completely specialized service. The unit currently owns 3 MR systems ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

High-Resolution Dynamic* Breast MRI Current Capabilities of syngo MR MAGNETOM Systems

A number of recent journal publications show that MR imaging is increasingly used for breast lesion visualization and breast cancer management. To increase the specificity of breast MR, dynamic ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

Combination of a Large Loop Flex Coil with the Breast Coil Improves Evaluation of the Lymph Nodes

Combination of a Large LoopFlex Coil with the Breast Coil ImprovesEvaluation of the Lymph Nodesin the Axiliary and Pectoral Region* At present, we do not have efficient methods to detect the ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

3T Ultra High-Field Intraoperative MR with Twin Room Concept

Intraoperative MR (IoMR) has gained acceptance over the last decades. IoMR during neurosurgical intervention has allowed not only improvement of the precision of navigation, optimization of the ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

MR Cholangiopancreatography at 3.0 Tesla – Initial Experience and Future Outlook

Since its original description in 1991 by Wallner et al. [1], magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has gained general acceptance along with transabdominal ultrasound as the ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

¹H MR Spectroscopy* of the Breast at 1.5T and at 3T

Over the years numerous studies have evaluated the use of MR in the characterization of breast lesions and in monitoring tumor response to treatment. The results have shown that although MR imaging ...

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Published date:2007-05-30

integrated Parallel Acquisition Techniques (iPAT) in Breast MRI*

Contrast enhanced* T1 3D-imaging is used routinely in our department in the pre-surgical planning of breast cancer. Covering the whole breast with the 3D volume and following its gadolinium uptake, ...

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Published date:2007-05-25

Iron-Oxide Enhanced Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of Lymph Node Metastasis

Detection of local and regional lymph node metastases is important for determining therapy and prognosis in patients with various primary malignancies. Currently cross sectional imaging modalities ...

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Published date:2007-05-25

Whole Heart MRI – Adopting the CT Approach

3D Coronary Tree & Cardiac MorphologyCardiovascular MR (CMR) is already established as a non-invasive technique for the assessment of coronary artery disease looking at heart function, morphology ...

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Published date:2007-05-25

Whole-Body MRI: Faster with Tim

The use of breath-hold techniques and intravenous administration of contrast agents allows MRI to demonstrate a full range of upper abdominal diseases [1–4]. One advantage of the wide variety ...

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Published date:2007-05-24

Intravenous Cellular MR Contrast Agent* with a Great Clinical Potential

Pelvic lymph node metastases have a significant impact on the prognosis of patients with malignancies. In prostate cancer, for example, even micro metastases in a single node rule out surgical cure ...

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Published date:2007-05-24

Comparison of Whole-Body MRI and Whole-Body PET-CT for Staging of Advanced Bronchial Carcinoma

To compare whole-body MRI with whole-body PET-CT and thereby correctly evaluate tumor staging in patients with advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC). 16 patients 
(11 male / 5 female) ...

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Published date:2005-11-22

Clinical Method "Localized Proton Spectroscopy in Hepatitic Encephalopathy"

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