Lev Bangiyev DO, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Maria Camilla Rossi Espagnet MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mari Hagiwara MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Kai Tobias Block PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Xin Wu MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Eugene Yu MD, FRCPC, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Girish Manohar Fatterpekar MBBS, Abstract Co-Author: Editor, Reed Elsevier

Radial-VIBE (Radially acquired Volume Interpolated GRE) with GRASP (Golden-angle RAdial Sparse Parallel) is a novel contrast-enhanced T1Wgradient-echo sequence • Unique k-space sampling and data acquisition parameters • Excellent fat-suppressed motion robust images with exquisite illustration of the anatomy • Excellent spatial resolution allows assessment of structural permeability characteristics • An overview of the physics of Radial-VIBE and GRASP, compare it to conventional T1W-images and evaluate its role in assessing head and neck pathology 

- Overview of Radial-VIBE physics and discuss its permeability characteristics - Discuss its role in evaluating orbital anatomy and commonly seen pathology such as vascular malformations, optic neuritis and meningiomas, as well as hitherto unexplored conditions such as vitreitis - Assess its role in evaluating skull base lesions due to its inherent fat-suppressed characteristics and excellent spatial resolution - Discuss its role in evaluating parathyroid pathology obviating the need for dynamic CT acquisition - Demonstrate unique permeability patterns of the normal structures in head and neck - Discuss our early experience in assessing primary head and neck cancers utilizing permeability maps - Distinguish normal and metastatic lymph nodes utilizing permeability patterns

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Bangiyev, L, Rossi Espagnet, M, Hagiwara, M, Block, K, Wu, X, Yu, E, Fatterpekar, G, Radial-VIBE with GRASP: Understanding the Physics and Its Applications in Head and Neck Radiology.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14009696.html