Proton Density Fat Suppressed MRI in 3T Increases the Sensitivity of Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Detection in the Cervical Spinal Cord

Purpose Considering the number of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients referred for clinical spinal cord imaging, the optimization of imaging protocols plays a crucial role. We aimed to evaluate the use of proton density (PD) turbo spin-echo (TSE) with spectral attenuated inversion recovery (SPAIR) fat suppression and compare it with the currently recommended T2-TSE-SPAIR in sagittal plane in cervical spinal cord imaging.