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Crosstalk artifact

Case contributed by: Dr Roberto Schubert
Modality: MRI

Case Discussion:

Also known as slice overlap artifact. If multislice acquisitions are overlapping, the protons belonging to more than one slice get saturated.

Prevention: use more shallow angles or move the overlapping region dorsally, out of the anatomy of interest.

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