Implications of SENSE MR in routine clinical practice

van den Brink, Johan S; Watanabe, Yuji; Kuhl, Christiane K; Chung, Taylor; Muthupillai, Raja; Van Cauteren, Marc; Yamada, Kei; Dymarkowski, Steven; Bogaert, Jan; Maki, Jeff H; Matos, Celso; Casselman, Jan W; Hoogeveen, Romhild M

doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00333-9

Implications of SENSE MR in routine clinical practice

Author:

van den Brink, Johan S

Watanabe, Yuji ; Kuhl, Christiane K ; Chung, Taylor ; Muthupillai, Raja ; Van Cauteren, Marc ; Yamada, Kei ; Dymarkowski, Steven ; Bogaert, Jan ; Maki, Jeff H ; Matos, Celso ; Casselman, Jan W ; Hoogeveen, Romhild M

Keywords:

Contrast Media, Humans, Image Enhancement, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Time Factors, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, encodings, imaging, clinical, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY, SENSITIVITY ENCODING SENSE, SPATIAL HARMONICS SMASH, RENAL-ARTERY STENOSIS, K-SPACE, BREATH-HOLD, HUMAN BRAIN, SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION, TIME REDUCTION, COIL, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

Sensitivity encoding (SENSE) uses multiple MRI receive coil elements to encode spatial information in addition to traditional gradient encoding. Requiring less gradient encodings translates into shorter scan times, which is extremely beneficial in many clinical applications. SENSE is available to routine diagnostic imaging for the past 2 years. This paper highlights the use of SENSE with scan time reduction factors up to 6 in contrast-enhanced MRA, routine abdominal imaging, mammography, cardiac and neuro imaging. It is shown that SENSE has opened new horizons in both routine and advanced MR imaging.