PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L F Czervionke
AU  - D L Daniels
AU  - F W Wehrli
AU  - L P Mark
AU  - L E Hendrix
AU  - J A Strandt
AU  - A L Williams
AU  - V M Haughton
TI  - Magnetic susceptibility artifacts in gradient-recalled echo MR imaging.
DP  - 1988 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1149--1155
VI  - 9
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/6/1149.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/6/1149.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1988 Nov 01; 9
AB  - Artifacts related to magnetic susceptibility differences between bone and soft tissue are prevalent on gradient-recalled echo images, particularly when long echo delay times are used. These susceptibility artifacts spatially distort and artifactually enlarge bone contours. This can alter the apparent shape of the spinal canal and exaggerate the degree of spinal stenosis seen in patients with cervical spondylosis. The effects of magnetic susceptibility artifacts in gradient echo imaging were studied in a phantom model and the results were correlated with MR images obtained in patients with cervical spondylosis.