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Internally stabilized spine: optimal choice of frequency-encoding gradient direction during MR imaging minimizes susceptibility artifact from titanium vertebral body screws.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9205258     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In 18 vertebral bodies with titanium fixation screws and in a phantom model, visualization of the vertebral body marrow was improved and susceptibility artifact was reduced on T1-weighted spin-echo magnetic resonance images when the direction of the frequency-encoding gradient was parallel to the long axis of the screw. A perpendicular direction improved image quality only when the region of interest was adjacent to the tip of the screw. In the phantom, the length of the screw was statistically significantly increased and the width and area were reduced (P <.001) when the gradient was parallel to the long axis of the screw.
Authors:
V I Frazzini; N J Kagetsu; C E Johnson; S Destian
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  204     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  1997 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-07-17     Completed Date:  1997-07-17     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  268-72     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Artifacts*
Bone Screws*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*,  standards
Magnetics
Male
Middle Aged
Phantoms, Imaging
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Single-Blind Method
Spinal Diseases / pathology*,  surgery
Spinal Fusion* / instrumentation
Titanium*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7440-32-6/Titanium
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Radiology. 1998 Apr;207(1):275-6   [PMID:  9530329 ]

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