foco no hiperintenso en T2

English translation: focus that is not T2 hyperintense

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Spanish term or phrase:foco no hiperintenso en T2
English translation:focus that is not T2 hyperintense
Entered by: BristolTEc

00:28 Dec 11, 2018
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Medical - Medical (general) / Breast pathology
Spanish term or phrase: foco no hiperintenso en T2
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MRI imaging observation. I understand a "foco hiperintenso en T2" would translate to "T2-hyperintense focus", but what about the "NO hiperintenso"? And what does it even mean? If it is not hyperintense (and I assume not hypointense), what is it?
BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 11:23
focus that is not T2 hyperintense
Explanation:

Conversely, concerning findings that favor biopsy include a focus that is not T2 hyperintense...

https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/844935_4

PHYSICS OF MRI

Tissue can be characterized by two different relaxation times – T1 and T2. T1 (longitudinal relaxation time) is the time constant which determines the rate at which excited protons return to equilibrium. It is a measure of the time taken for spinning protons to realign with the external magnetic field. T2 (transverse relaxation time) is the time constant which determines the rate at which excited protons reach equilibrium or go out of phase with each other. It is a measure of the time taken for spinning protons to lose phase coherence among the nuclei spinning perpendicular to the main field.

http://casemed.case.edu/clerkships/neurology/web neurorad/mr...

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Stuart and Aida Nelson
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1isointense focus / on T2
Chema Nieto Castañón
4normointense focus on the T2-weighted images
Cristina Bouzas, Bsc, MA
3mildly intense focal lesion on T2-weighted imaging
Muriel Vasconcellos
3focus that is not T2 hyperintense
Stuart and Aida Nelson


  

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mildly intense focal lesion on T2-weighted imaging


Explanation:
Examples:

https://www.ajronline.org/doi/full/10.2214/AJR.13.11266
In contrast to T1-weighted sequences, which highlight anatomic detail and contrast enhancement, fluid-sensitive T2-weighted sequences depict edema, hemorrhage, mucus, or cystic fluid. ... In the differential diagnosis of breast masses on MRI, most masses that have high signal intensity on T2-weighted images are benign.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823479/
by M Grant - ‎2017 - ‎Related articles
Aug 9, 2017 - Metastatic tumors (eg, breast, lung, melanoma, lymphoma) are up to 40 times ... This mass was **mildly intense on T1-weighted imaging**, highly intense ..... Uddin A., Greenwood J.P., Plein S. MR imaging of cardiac tumors and ...

jnm.snmjournals.org/content/49/8/1305/F6.expansion.html
Jul 16, 2008 - (A) Planar image showing **mildly intense focal lesion** extending to left ... Feasibility of 18F-FDG Dose Reductions in Breast Cancer PET/MRI ...



Muriel Vasconcellos
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isointense focus / on T2


Explanation:
Para armar la frase haría falta un mínimo contexto adicional -ya que no he podido encontrar ejemplos específicos con una combinación equivalente (con T2 y la frase completa, incluyendo [focus]) pero isointense parece la denominación habitual de referencia para no hiperintenso mientras que en T2 suele expresarse como on T2 (con o sin la especificación posterior de weighted images/sequences).

The descriptors used are hyperintense, isointense, and hypointense.
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://...
There is a T2 hypointense, T1 isointense focus in the dorsal spinal cord at the level of caudal C2
https://books.google.es/books?id=YQQbCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA319&lpg=P...
occasional finding ofa central hypointense or isointense focus within the cyst.
https://books.google.es/books?id=9R-RAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA142&lpg=P...
weighted image shows isointense focus
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://p...
an eccentric non-enhancing isointense focus
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283442473_Dissemina...

on the T2-weighted images nine lesions appeared isointense to the normal
parotid tissue, lncluding six malignancies
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://n...



Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 18:23
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Bouzas, Bsc, MA: Prefix "iso" means "equal to", thus entailing a comparison with another image or focus, which does not seem to be the case.
7 hrs
  -> Todos los descriptores de imagen RM relativos a intensidad son comparadores; hiper/hipointenso (más o menos intenso que la intensidad de fondo de la estructura observada) y no hiperintenso (sin resalte de intensidad; isointense / hypo-isointense)
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focus that is not T2 hyperintense


Explanation:

Conversely, concerning findings that favor biopsy include a focus that is not T2 hyperintense...

https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/844935_4

PHYSICS OF MRI

Tissue can be characterized by two different relaxation times – T1 and T2. T1 (longitudinal relaxation time) is the time constant which determines the rate at which excited protons return to equilibrium. It is a measure of the time taken for spinning protons to realign with the external magnetic field. T2 (transverse relaxation time) is the time constant which determines the rate at which excited protons reach equilibrium or go out of phase with each other. It is a measure of the time taken for spinning protons to lose phase coherence among the nuclei spinning perpendicular to the main field.

http://casemed.case.edu/clerkships/neurology/web neurorad/mr...



Stuart and Aida Nelson
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
normointense focus on the T2-weighted images


Explanation:
As the lesion is not hyperintense nor hypointense (referring to the contrast uptake or enhancement in the MRI images), I'd say that the focus is normointense (of normal intensity).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100134/


    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2482943
    https://books.google.es/books?id=9OMOfruKosgC&pg=RA1-PA157&lpg=RA1-PA157&dq=normointense+T2-weighted&source=bl&ots=pTTbUJhB5K&sig=sr0EksNP02
Cristina Bouzas, Bsc, MA
Spain
Local time: 18:23
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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