Amir H. Davarpanah1, Aya Kino1,
Kirsi Taimen1, Philip Hodnet1, Jeremy Collins1,
Cormac Farrelly1, Saurabh Shah2, Sven Zuehlsdorff2,
James Carr1
1Department of Radiology,
Cardiovascular Imaging, Northwestern University, chicago, IL, United States; 2Siemens
Medical Solutions, chicago, IL, United States
The
VARPRO method (multi-echo gradient echo sequence with iterative fat/water
decomposition reconstruction)for fat/water separation performs better than
the standard fat saturation protocol currently used at our institution. The
water image from this method presents with a more uniform fat suppression.