Optimization of the Acquisition Sequence to Improve the Quality and Comfort of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Exam

Optimization of the Acquisition Sequence to Improve the Quality and Comfort of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Exam

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the optimization of MRI acquisition sequences.

Inclusion Criteria for all subjects :

• to be over 18 year-old,
• to be able to understand the instructions given,
• to be enrolled in a social security plan,
• to have underwent a pre-inclusion medical examination,
• to give a written consent.

Inclusion Criteria especially for Patients :

• to perform a MRI examination of the head, neck, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, retroperitoneum, lower limbs, upper limbs or whole body during clinical follow-up care.

Exclusion Criteria for all subjects :

• any contraindication to MR examination (active medical device, ferromagnetic foreign body, pregnancy, morbid obesity, claustrophobia, … ),
• subject under a measure of legal protection.

Exclusion Criteria especially for Healthy Subjects :

• to have a pathology in the anatomical area to be imaged
• to be employed by the CHRU of Nancy or having the slightest link of subordination with the CHRU of Nancy.

Exclusion Criteria especially for Patients :

• to have a limited MRI examination time due to a sensitive clinical situation (sedation, unstable hemodynamic state, postoperative).