Optimal fast T2-weighted magnetic resonance microscopy imaging of the eye and its clinical application

• Published in: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1210 - 1214
• Main Authors: Tanitame, Keizo, Sasaki, Ko, Sone, Takashi, Otani, Keiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Adult; anterior chamber; Cataract - pathology; Female; glaucoma; Glaucoma - pathology; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Microscopy - methods; microscopy coil; Ophthalmoscopy - methods; Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods; postcataract; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity

Purpose: To compare a half‐Fourier single‐shot rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) sequence with a balanced steady‐state free precession (b‐SSFP) sequence in the evaluation of the eye using magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy imaging and to clarify the usefulness of RARE microscopy i...