Estimation of T2* Relaxation Times for the Glandular Tissue and Fat of Breast at 3T MRI System.
10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.1.1
- Author:
Jung Kyu RYU
1
;
Jang Hoon OH
;
Hyug Gi KIM
;
Sun Jung RHEE
;
Mirinae SEO
;
Geon Ho JAHNG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. ghjahng@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Breast;
3T MRI;
T2star relaxation times
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast*;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Relaxation*
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2014;18(1):1-6
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: T2* relaxation time which includes susceptibility information represents unique feature of tissue. The objective of this study was to investigate T2* relaxation times of the normal glandular tissue and fat of breast using a 3T MRI system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven-echo MR Images were acquired from 52 female subjects (age 49 +/- 12 years; range, 25 to 75) using a three-dimensional (3D) gradient-echo sequence. Echo times were between 2.28 ms to 25.72 ms in 3.91 ms steps. Voxel-based T2* relaxation times and R2* relaxation rate maps were calculated by using the linear curve fitting for each subject. The 3D regions-of-interest (ROI) of the normal glandular tissue and fat were drawn on the longest echo-time image to obtain T2* and R2* values. Mean values of those parameters were calculated over all subjects. RESULTS: The 3D ROI sizes were 4818 +/- 4679 voxels and 1455 +/- 785 voxels for the normal glandular tissue and fat, respectively. The mean T2* values were 22.40 +/- 5.61 ms and 36.36 +/- 8.77 ms for normal glandular tissue and fat, respectively. The mean R2* values were 0.0524 +/- 0.0134/ms and 0.0297 +/- 0.0069/ms for the normal glandular tissue and fat, respectively. CONCLUSION: T2* and R2* values were measured from human breast tissues. T2* of the normal glandular tissue was shorter than that of fat. Measurement of T2* relaxation time could be important to understand susceptibility effects in the breast cancer and the normal tissue.
