Optimising diffusion-weighted imaging in the abdomen and pelvis: Comparison of image quality between monopolar and bipolar single-shot spin-echo echo-planar sequences

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2422-2431

  Kyriazi, Stavroula ^a   Blackledge, Matthew ^a   Collins, David J ^a   Desouza, Nandita M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefact; Diffusion weighted imaging DWI; Distortion; Eddy currents; Image quality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ABDOMEN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; LIVER; PANCREAS; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957876681     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1826-3     Document Type: Article

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