Abstract #1381

Integration of MR Elastography and Fat/Water Separation Imaging

Tomokazu Numano^1,2, Daiki Ito^1,2, Takaaki Onishi¹, Kazuyuki Mizuhara³, Koichi Takamoto⁴, Hisao Nishijyo⁵, Masaki Misawa², and Naotaka Nitta²

¹Radiological Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, ²National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Mechanical Engineering, TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Judo Neurophysiotherapy, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, ⁵System Emotional Science, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

In the present study, we developed a method to combine a simple MRE technique with a fat/water separation method (Dixon method) based on a conventional gradient-echo type multi-echo MR sequence (GRE-MultiEcho-MRE). Because the proposed method used the GRE-multiecho MRE, it is possible to select shortest in-/opposed-phase TE in the 1st TE. Thus, the proposed method allows to increase signal-to-noise ratio of fat/water images.

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