Usefulness of the Short–Echo Time Cube Sequence at 3-T Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography: Prospective Comparison With the Conventional 3-Dimensional Fast Spin-Echo Sequence

Objectives: We evaluated prospectively the clinical use of the short–echo time (TE) Cube sequence for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) at 3 T. Methods: Using a 3-T unit, we subjected 41 consecutive patients to short-TE Cube MRCP and conventional 3-dimensional fast spin-echo (3D-FSE) MRCP. Two radiologists independently rated the image quality and the visibility of the right and left hepatic, cystic, common bile, and main pancreatic ducts and the gallbladder on a 4-point scale. The averaged visual scores by 2 readers for the image quality were calculated, and the artifacts were evaluated in cases with relatively lower (

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