Sampling and reconstruction effects due to motion in diffusion-weighted interleaved echo planar imaging

Effect of shot number on the calculated

Effect of shot number on the calculated apparent diffusion coefficient in phantoms and in human liver in diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging

✍ Masoud Shiehmorteza; Claude B. Sirlin; Tanya Wolfson; Anthony Gamst; Andre E. So 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 328 KB

## Abstract ## Purpose To show the signal intensity varies with shot number in diffusion‐weighted (DW) echo‐planar imaging (EPI) and affects apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) calculation. ## Materials and Methods This prospective study was performed on 35 adult patients and 20 volunteers. Mea