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Abstract #1491

Development of a T2 Weighted 3D CUBE Inversion Recovery Fat Nulled Sequence for Breast Imaging

Martin D. Pickles1, Peter Gibbs1, Ersin Bayram2, Donglai Huo2, Lindsay W. Turnbull1

1Centre for MR Investigations, University of Hull, Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 2GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, United States

While the sensitivity of breast MRI is high the specificity is somewhat lower. T2W sequences help to increase the specificity of breast MR. The aim of this work was to develop a 3D T2W fat nulled sequence. Additionally, by substituting the traditional CHESS fat nulling pulse with an IR technique improved fat nulling was anticipated.

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