Recent Advances in MR Hardware and Software

Andrea Kierans; Nainesh Parikh; Hersh Chandarana

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2015.02.002

Recent Advances in MR Hardware and Software

Radiol Clin North Am. 2015 May;53(3):599-610. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2015.02.002.

Authors

Andrea Kierans¹, Nainesh Parikh¹, Hersh Chandarana²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
² Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: hersh.chandarana@nyumc.org.

PMID: 25953292
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2015.02.002

Abstract

Tremendous advances have been made in abdominopelvic MR imaging, which continue to improve image quality, and make acquisitions faster and robust. We briefly discuss the role of non-Cartesian acquisition schemes as well as dual parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmit systems in the article to further improve image quality of the abdominal MR imaging. Furthermore, the use of hybrid PET/MR systems has the potential to synergistically combine MR imaging with PET acquisition, and the evolving role of hybrid PET/MR imaging is discussed.

Keywords: Abdominal MRI; Hybrid PET/MR imaging; Non-Cartesian imaging techniques; PET/MR systems; Radial imaging; Spiral imaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / trends
Software*