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ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN ANATOMICAL MRI KNEE JOINT INFORMATION ON FSE

T2 FAT SAT SEQUENCE WITH THE USE OF GRADIENT MOMENT NULLING VARIATION

ABSTRACT

Background:GMN is one of many way to reduce flow artefact. With the use of GMN artifact will reduced for sure. But this not
mean that anatomical information is increased too. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in the value of the
anatomical information resulting from variations in the GMN on FSE T2 sequences Fat Sat.
Methods:Type of research is experimental research. MRI examination of the knee joint been done on ten volunteer ( 20-23
years , male, knee joint circumference 37-38 cm ) with variations in the use of GMN on the gradient slice , read and without the
use of GMN conducted on sequences FSE T2 Fat Sat with axial section. Measurement of anatomical information is done by using
a questionnaire submitted into two radiologists (minimum years of service are 10 years). First, kappa test has been done to the
result of questionnaire. Kappa value obtained, show good agreement between the radiologists. Then Friedman test performed
into the data to obtain p-value and difference between every data.
Results:The results of friedmann test from the three variations of GMN showed a p-value of 0.472. This value is bigger than
alpha value used in this research. This means Ho accepted and can be concluded that there is no difference between all
variation of GMN. Observation on the results of questionnaires on every organ in the knee joint showed that only Popliteal
artery organ that experiencing significant difference , while the value of the artifacts tend to increase with the use of GMN slice
or read than without using the GMN . this means motion artifacts originating from the Popliteal artery was not really affect the
anatomical information on surrounding organs.
Conclusions:There are no no difference in the knee joint anatomical information axial slice using all variation of GMN. therefore
best setting for this examination is FSE T2 Fat Sat without the use of GMN.
Keywords : Anatomical information, GMN, FSE T2 Fat Sat axial, MRI Knee Joint