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Breast MR Imaging with High Spectral and Spatial Resolutions: Preliminary Experience¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, MC2026, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. Received June 11, 2001; revision requested August 3; revision received October 31; accepted December 20. Supported by National Cancer Institute grants RO1CA75476 and RO1CA78803, Army Breast Cancer Research Program grant DAMD 17-99-1-9121, and GE Medical Systems. Address correspondence to G.S.K. (e-mail: gskarczm@midway.uchicago.edu).

The authors evaluated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with high spectral and spatial resolutions (HSSR) of water and fat in breasts of healthy volunteers (n = 6) and women with suspicious lesions (n = 6). Fat suppression, edge delineation, and image texture were improved on MR images derived from HSSR data compared with those on conventional MR images. HSSR MR imaging data acquired before and after contrast medium injection showed spectrally inhomogeneous changes in the water resonances in small voxels that were not detectable with conventional MR imaging.

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Index terms: Breast, MR, 00.121415, 00.121416, 00.12145 • Breast neoplasms, calcification, 00.81 • Breast neoplasms, diagnosis, 00.32, 00.81 • Breast neoplasms, MR, 00.121415, 00.121416, 00.12145

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