Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: Clinical usability of 3D gradient-echo-based ultrashort echo time imaging: Is it enough to facilitate diagnostic decision in real-world practice?
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296696
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A-C) Images from a 75-year-old male with emphysema. Chest CT (A) shows centrilobular and paraseptal emphysema. Although emphysema is visible in images obtained using MRI with VIBE (B) or CODE (C) sequences, the extent of emphysema is underestimated on CODE imaging. (D-F) Images from a 75-year-old male with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer. Chest CT (D) shows a subpleural nodule in right lower lobe and honeycombing, traction bronchiectasis, and reticulation in the both lower lobe. The VIBE (E) and CODE (F) images also indicate a subpleural nodule and honeycombing in the right lower lobe, but bronchiectasis and reticulation in the left lower lobe were less clear in the VIBE and CODE images as compared with the CT image.
Article Snippet: All CODE images were reconstructed offline with a home-built program using MATLAB (R2011a, MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA).
Techniques: Imaging