MRI Technologistover 8 years ago

Effects of STIR imaging in the hips

By modulating TI it is possible to adjust the strength of the desired fat suppression. The most powerfull fat suppression of the bone marrow is achieved with TI 180 ms (bottom left), which is close to the exact nulling time of the fat tissue. A lower (upper left & upper right) or higher (bottom right) TI will have weaker fat suppression. Image dataset acquired at 1.5 Tesla. ECR 2016 / C-0585 Fat Suppression Techniques for MR Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System