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  • Title: Comparison between magnetization transfer contrast and fast spin-echo MR imaging of degenerative disease of the cervical spine at 0.3 T.
    Author: Yoshioka H, Onaya H, Itai Y, Nishimura H, Matsumura A, Tsunoda T, Kandatsu S, Koga M, Yoshikawa K, Kato H, Tsujii H.
    Journal: Magn Reson Imaging; 1997; 15(1):37-45. PubMed ID: 9084023.
    Abstract:
    We compared magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) with gradient recalled echo (GRE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fast spin-echo (FSE) MRI of the degenerative cervical spine at 0.3 T. Fifty patients with suspected degenerative disease of the cervical spine were prospectively evaluated. Multislice sagittal and axial images of the cervical spine were obtained using MTC GRE sequence [repetition time (TR)/echo time (TE)/flip angle = 750/23/25 degrees] and FSE sequence with peripheral gating (TR/effective TE = 2000-4000/120). Quantitatively, FSE showed higher signal-to-noise ratio and superior disk contrast between normal and degenerative disks, while MTC images showed superior contrast-to-noise ratio for the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) versus cord and superior CSF homogeneity. In qualitative analysis, similar results were obtained. In conclusion, FSE and MTC GRE sequences are MRI techniques of imaging the cervical spine that have different characteristics and supplement each other in the diagnostic imaging of degenerative disease of the cervical spine.
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