PMID- 20981709 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110414 LR - 20150525 IS - 1522-2594 (Electronic) IS - 0740-3194 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan TI - Imaging near metal with a MAVRIC-SEMAC hybrid. PG - 71-82 LID - 10.1002/mrm.22523 [doi] AB - The recently developed multi-acquisition with variable resonance image combination (MAVRIC) and slice-encoding metal artifact correction (SEMAC) techniques can significantly reduce image artifacts commonly encountered near embedded metal hardware. These artifact reductions are enabled by applying alternative spectral and spatial-encoding schemes to conventional spin-echo imaging techniques. Here, the MAVRIC and SEMAC concepts are connected and discussed. The development of a hybrid technique that utilizes strengths of both methods is then introduced. The presented technique is shown capable of producing minimal artifact, high-resolution images near total joint replacements in a clinical setting. CI - (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Koch, K M AU - Koch KM AD - Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188, USA. kevin.koch@ge.com FAU - Brau, A C AU - Brau AC FAU - Chen, W AU - Chen W FAU - Gold, G E AU - Gold GE FAU - Hargreaves, B A AU - Hargreaves BA FAU - Koff, M AU - Koff M FAU - McKinnon, G C AU - McKinnon GC FAU - Potter, H G AU - Potter HG FAU - King, K F AU - King KF LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Magn Reson Med JT - Magnetic resonance in medicine JID - 8505245 RN - 0 (Metals) SB - IM MH - *Algorithms MH - *Artifacts MH - Humans MH - Image Enhancement/*methods MH - Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/*methods MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods MH - *Metals MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - *Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted EDAT- 2010/10/29 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/16 06:00 CRDT- 2010/10/29 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/10/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/mrm.22523 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Magn Reson Med. 2011 Jan;65(1):71-82. doi: 10.1002/mrm.22523.