[A Comparative Study of the Compressed SENSE Accelerated Fat-suppressed 3D-turbo Spin Echo Sequence Method and Conventional Fat-suppressed 3D-TSE Method for Lingual Neurovascular Bundle Visualization].

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the compressed SENSE (C-SENSE) accelerated fat-suppressed 3D-turbo spin echo (TSE) method and the conventional SENSE accelerated fat-suppressed 3D-TSE method to examine the usefulness of C-SENSE technology in reducing imaging time.

Methods: Fat-suppressed 3D-TSE using either C-SENSE or SENSE technology was utilized to capture consecutive preoperative images of 34 patients with tongue cancer. SNR, CNR, and visual evaluation were then used to compare both types of technology.

Results: No significant differences were observed in the SNR and CNR values between SENSE (SNR=21.8±7.5, CNR=27.2±8.9) and C-SENSE (SNR=20.1±5.2, CNR=25.6±8.4) (p=0.168 and p=0.125, respectively).

Conclusion: C-SENSE reduced the imaging time of the oral cavity by approximately 30% while maintaining the same image quality when using the fat-suppressed 3D-TSE method.