Orbit: initial experience with surface coil spin-echo MR imaging at 1.5 T.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1987
Abstract
Fifty-nine cases in which surface coil MR imaging of the orbit was performed were reviewed. MR imaging was performed with spin-echo techniques at 1.5 T with both short repetition time/echo time (TR/TE) and long TR/TE sequences in all cases. In all patients short TR/TE images were obtained with small-diameter surface coils; long TR/TE images were usually obtained with a standard head coil. Surface coil MR appears to be an important adjunct in state-of-the-art orbital imaging. Orbital MR imaging may be most useful, providing information not available on computed tomography (CT), in identifying lesions in the orbital apex, superior orbital fissure, and optic canal; differentiating inflammatory pseudotumor from malignancy in clinically similar patients; characterizing lesions containing hemorrhage or other paramagnetic material; defining the posterior extent of optic pathway gliomas; and detecting abnormal flow in intraorbital vascular structures. CT seems to be superior to MR imaging in the evaluation of small perioptic meningiomas, especially those that are calcified.
Volume
164
Issue
2
First Page
501
Last Page
509
ISSN
0033-8419
Published In/Presented At
Atlas, S. W., Bilaniuk, L. T., Zimmerman, R. A., Hackney, D. B., Goldberg, H. I., & Grossman, R. I. (1987). Orbit: initial experience with surface coil spin-echo MR imaging at 1.5 T. Radiology, 164(2), 501–509. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.164.2.3602393
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
3602393
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article