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Publication for the
Philips MRI Community
ISSUE 49 – 2013 / 2
LUMC sees fast, robust mDIXON
fat suppression in head/ne...

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Dear
Friends,
Editorial
Because Philips understands the challenges in today’s healthcare environment, we develop
M...

4
User experiences
Transforming care, together
Philips users are utilizing the power of Ingenia with dStream to develop...

4 MR News
Philips MR at RSNA 2013
Transforming care, together
The Philips booth at the 2013 RSNA meeting presents MR pr...

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Easy access to dStream on your current magnet
Philips sees high interest among existing MR users to get access to
dStrea...

MR News
Advanced diagnostics: imaging, viewing and analysis
New methods for advanced neuro imaging
include SWIp for fas...

Advancing MRI beyond diagnostic imaging
With our innovative MR-Therapy portfolio we are committed to touching even more l...

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Multi-parametric
prostate and
whole-body oncology
MRI exams
UCLH uses Ingenia 3.0T for multi-parametric MRI exams t...

“Not using an endorectal coil is more
comfortable for the patient and currently
the surface coil approach provides enoug...

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“Ingenia allows us to
use a multi-parametric
whole-body approach
in a reasonable
amount of time.”
UCLH (University Co...

“These T2-weighted images are excellent.
We also perform diffusion imaging of the
whole body. We’re using SPAIR spectral...

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Liver imaging takes a step
forward with Ingenia
Lyon South Hospital strives to move from several studies – first CT,...

“We are moving from doing
several studies – CT first,
then MR or PET – to just
one, and it’s saving us a lot
NetForum ...

User experiences
“The use of high dS SENSE in RL
direction provides shorter breath
hold times, higher resolution and
s...

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New way of patient positioning benefits image resolution
“Thanks to Ingenia’s wide 70 cm bore,” says Prof. Valette, “we h...

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User experiences
Suraj Serai, PhD, MRI physicist, Department
of Radiology at CCHMC, works to improve
image quality ...

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“When the fetus moves, we just move the FOV and Ingenia’s
SmartSelect automatically chooses the elements to obt...

User experiences
Coronal T2-weighted SSh TSE Axial T2-weighted SSh TSE
Right congenital diaphragmatic hernia
A 22-year-...

NetForum
www.philips.com/netforum
Visit NetForum to view or
download the fetal ExamCard
developed by CCHMC.
Reference...

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20 User experiences
“We have chosen to shorten our MSK exams
by decreasing the acquisition times.”
Chris G. Goumas, MD ...

Cor T1W 0.27 x 0.38 x 1.5 mm, 1:14 min.
Cor PDW FS 0.27 x 0.39 x 1.5 mm, 1:41 min.
Sag T1W 0.27 x 0.39 x 2.25 mm, 2:56 m...

User experiences
Scan times
and voxel size
Ingenia 3.0T
fast
Ingenia 3.0T
high resolution
Achieva 3.0T
high resolu...

“Ingenia gives us the flexibility needed in today’s demanding healthcare
environment. The way Philips has designed its ha...

24 User experiences
Ben Kennedy, Chief MRI
Technologist at Qscan Radiology
Clinics in Queensland, Australia,
holds a P...

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Ben Kennedy is Chief MRI Technologist at Qscan. “Before we had
the 32-channel coil, we were already happy with our neuro ...

User experiences
3D T1W 0.5 x 0.5 x 2 mm
3D FLAIR 0.6 x 0.8 x 1.5 mm
T1W FS 0.5 x 0.5 x 2 mm
T2W 0.4 x 0.49 x 3.5 mm
...

“After seeing the image quality we currently get, it’s hard
to go backwards. We use the 32-channel coil for all our
neur...

Changing MRI
methods in
head and neck
imaging
mDIXON TSE, Diffusion TSE address MRI
challenges in the head/neck area ...

oncology patients and in brachial plexopathy patients. Soon I will use it
for eye and orbit pathology and skull base lesi...

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User experiences
“The great thing about mDIXON TSE is that we don’t
have to choose between scanning with or without fat ...

Diffusion TSE helps reduce susceptibility distortion
Dr. Verbist has also begun to use Diffusion TSE in head/neck
imagin...

productivity
fast patient setup
training
t r opportunity a n scfaorrem accelerating
ing together
transforming care
m...

MR News
MasterSeries provides
ExamCards from expert users
ExamCards developed by experts now available on every Ingenia...

34 Application tips
Contributed by Marius van Meel and Vijayasarathy Elanchezhian,
MR Clinical Marketing Managers, Best,...

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TIP 2
Contrast adjustments
T1-weighted scans PD-weighted scans T2-weighted scans
TE 15 ms 30 ms 60-80 ms
TE spacing us...

Application tips
Adjusting to partial fat suppression
Specifically in MSK imaging, some radiologists prefer
a partial f...

Ideas to simplify your ExamCards with mDIXON TSE
This example is based on Ingenia 1.5T MasterSeries ExamCards.
2-point m...

38 Application tips
Contributed by Mark Pijnenburg and Marco Nijenhuis, MR clinical
application specialists, Best, The N...

TIP 2
Through-plane flow compensation
Through-plane flow compensation is another way to address flow
voids. This flow c...

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40 Educational
Vascular permeability analysis
based on MR data
MR Permeability package on the IntelliSpace Portal calcu...

“The MR Permeability analysis from Philips is an easy tool
for quantification of permeability and will allow independent ...

42 Educational
Fast susceptibility weighted imaging
with premium image quality
The new SWIp method for susceptibility w...

The SWIp technique provides exquisite
images with high sensitivity to venous
blood products. SWIp can be acquired
with ...

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Pancreas workshop
Lisbon, Portugal
Date: May 15-16
Info: www.esgar.org
Body and Pelvic MR
Reston, VA, US...

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Philips North America off-site training courses
Dates: upon request
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