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Consistent fat and water separation every time – in one acquisition with multiple contrasts – for definitive diagnoses in your most challenging scans using IDEAL for Signa HDxt 3.0T and 1.5T.
In MR imaging, fatty tissue can obscure or mimic pathology – especially in certain sequences, in challenging anatomy or near metal implants. Providing robust water-only images that also retain important information from fat requires a method for consistent, uniform separation of water and fat.
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IDEAL, a GE-exclusive fat and water separation MR imaging technique, results in four
images, all from one acquisition. IDEAL eliminates the confusion between water and fat,
so it succeeds where conventional fat suppression techniques often fail. Even with
challenging anatomy or metal implants, IDEAL provides robust water-only images – while
giving you important information from fat images as well.
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Uniform fat suppression
IDEAL ensures consistent fat suppression every time – from patient to patient, technologist to technologist.
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Multiple contrasts
IDEAL provides multiple contrasts – fat-only, water-only and combined fat/water in-phase and out-of-phase images – in one acquisition.
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Minimal artifacts
IDEAL minimizes artifacts from chemical shift and metal implants, and eliminates misregistration between fat and water.
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Benefits
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Acquire clear images with uniform fat suppression for confident diagnoses, and fewer rescans and repeat exams.
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Obtain fat-only, water-only and combined fat/water in-phase and out-of- phase images in one acquisition for complete diagnostic information.
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Increase diagnostic confidence in difficult areas of anatomy such as orbits, brachial plexus, C-spine, extremities and other off-isocenter applications.
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Reduce image artifacts caused by magnetic field inhomogeneities that can potentially obscure conclusions.
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Characterize metastases versus fatty infiltrate more confidently.
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