• J Comput Assist Tomogr · May 2008

    Comparative Study

    Free-breathing echo-planar imaging based diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the liver with prospective acquisition correction.

    • Patrick Asbach, Patrick A Hein, Alto Stemmer, Moritz Wagner, Alexander Huppertz, Bernd Hamm, Matthias Taupitz, and Christian Klessen.
    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, Germany. patrick.asbach@charite.de
    • J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2008 May 1; 32 (3): 372-8.

    ObjectiveTo evaluate soft tissue contrast and image quality of a respiratory-triggered echo-planar imaging based diffusion-weighted sequence (EPI-DWI) with different b values for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver.MethodsForty patients were examined. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of contrast was performed. Severity of artifacts and overall image quality in comparison with a T2w turbo spin-echo (T2-TSE) sequence were scored.ResultsThe liver-spleen contrast was significantly higher (P < 0.05) for the EPI-DWI compared with the T2-TSE sequence (0.47 +/- 0.11 (b50); 0.48 +/- 0.13 (b300); 0.47 +/- 0.13 (b600) vs 0.38 +/- 0.11). Liver-lesion contrast strongly depends on the b value of the DWI sequence and decreased with higher b values (b50, 0.47 +/- 0.19; b300, 0.40 +/- 0.20; b600, 0.28 +/- 0.23). Severity of artifacts and overall image quality were comparable to the T2-TSE sequence when using a low b value (P > 0.05), artifacts increased and image quality decreased with higher b values (P < 0.05).ConclusionRespiratory-triggered EPI-DWI of the liver is feasible because good image quality and favorable soft tissue contrast can be achieved.

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