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Published on: September 7, 2018
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the oral and maxillofacial region: optimal fat suppression method
Hiroaki Shimamoto1, Minami Majima1, Hideki Kitamori2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
Objective:
To compare 3 fat suppression methods-water excitation (WE), chemical shift selective (CHESS), and short T1 inversion recovery (STIR)-for optimal image quality and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the oral and maxillofacial region.
Study Design:
In total, 53 patients with 73 lesions were enrolled in this study. MRI using DWI protocols with the 3 fat suppression methods were performed in addition to a conventional MRI protocol. The diagnostic image quality of lesions, image uniformity, degree of image artifacts, and ADC values of the lesions were evaluated. Average visual scores and ADC values were compared, and post hoc pairwise comparisons were performed, with the level of significance set at P < .0167.
Results:
Diagnostic image quality was not significantly different among the fat suppression methods (P ≥ .042). Image uniformity was significantly higher (P < .001), and the degree of image artifacts was significantly lower (P < .001), in images using the STIR method. Mean ADC values did not differ significantly among the 3 methods.
Conclusions:
The STIR method was the most useful fat suppression method for DWI of the oral and maxillofacial region because of its high level of image uniformity and few image artifacts.
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