Comparison of readout-segmented echo-planar imaging (EPI) and single-shot epi in clinical application of diffusion-weighted imaging of the pediatric brain

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Yeom, Kristen W ^a   Holdsworth, Samantha J ^b   Van, Anh T ^b   Iv, Michael ^a   Skare, Stefan ^c   Lober, Robert M ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Echo planar imaging; MRI; Readout segmented echo planar imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED AUTOCALIBRATING PARTIAL PARALLEL ACQUISITION ACCELERATED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GENERALIZED AUTOCALIBRATING PARTIAL PARALLEL ACQUISITION ACCELERATED READOUT SEGMENTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBIT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL BASE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879323955     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9854     Document Type: Article

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