Abdomen:: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging with pulse-triggered single-shot sequences

被引:181
作者
Mürtz, P
Flacke, S
Träber, F
van den Brink, JS
Gieseke, J
Schild, HH
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, Dept Radiol, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
[2] Philips Med Syst, Best, Netherlands
关键词
abdomen; MR; magnetic resonance (MR); diffusion study; echo planar; technology;
D O I
10.1148/radiol.2241011117
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion measurements of the abdomen were performed in 12 healthy volunteers by using a diffusion-weighted single-shot sequence both without and with pulse triggering for different trigger delays. Pulse triggering to the diastolic heart phase led to reduced motion artifacts on the diffusion-weighted MR images and to significantly improved accuracy and reproducibility of measurements of the apparent diffusion coefficients, or ADCs, of abdominal organs. (C) RSNA, 2002.
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页数:7
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