3D DT-MRI using a reduced-FOV approach and saturation pulses
✍ Scribed by Jiun-Jie Wang; Ralf Deichmann; Robert Turner; Roger Ordidge
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can provide vital insights into brain connectivity, and may become an important tool for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease. However, DTI's intrinsic low signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) and vulnerability to ghosting artifacts can result in poor image quality with low spatial resolution, which limits its clinical applications. In this study, a new double‐shot EPI sequence (half‐FOV EPI) with high spatial resolution was developed. This method enables DT measurements to be obtained with high isotropic spatial resolution and whole‐brain coverage. To avoid ghosting artifacts, the data are combined in image space rather than in k‐space. Magn Reson Med 51:853–857, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.