Focal liver lesions at 3 Tesla: Detection rate, image quality and lesion contrast using parallel and conventional RF transmission

Purpose: To prospectively compare T2-weighted TSE sequences acquired using parallel and conventional RF transmission at 3.0 Tesla for liver lesion detection, image quality, lesion conspicuity and lesion contrast. Materials and Methods: After written informed consent and institutional review board approval 52 consecutive patients (32 male, 20 female, mean age 56.6±13.7 years) underwent a routine MR protocol on a clinical 3.0 T MRI scanner (Philips Achieva 3.0T TX). Two independent readers reviewed T2-weighted TSE images acquired with conventional and parallel dual source RF transmission technology for detection o…