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Abstract #3667

MR Examination Times of Less Than 8 Minutes for 4 Common Indications

Tim Leiner1, Eveline Alberts2, Niels Blanken1, Mark Stoesz2, Martijn Hartjes2, Jeroen Hendrikse1

1Department of Radiology, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Clinical Science Department, Philips Healthcare, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Decreased MR examination times are clinically of high interest in order to improve the cost-effectiveness of MR imaging. We demonstrate that application of recent advances in MR hardware and software enable faster imaging compared to standard vendor supplied protocols. For 4 very commonly per-formed MR studies (brain, cervical spine, knee and ankle) we were able to bring image acquisition down to less than 8 minutes, while still satisfying the criteria as set forth in the most recent version of the ACR Clinical Image Quality Guide.

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