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OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the causes of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement errors and to determine the optimal scanning parameters that are independent of the field strength and vendors of the magnetic resonance (MR) system. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Brain MR images of 10 healthy volunteers were scanned using 6 MR scanners of different field strengths and vendors in 2 different institutions. Ethical review board approvals were obtained for this study, and all volunteers gave their informed consents. Coefficient of variation (CV) of ADC values were compared for their differences in various MR scanners and in the scanned subjects. RESULTS:The CV of ADC values for 6 different scanners of 6 brains was 3.32%. The CV for repeated measurements in 1 day (10 scans per day) and in 10 days (scan per day for 10 days) for 1 subject was 1.72% and 2.96%, respectively (n = 5, P < 0.001). The CV of measurements for 10 healthy subjects was 5.22%. The measurement errors of the ADC values for 6 different MR units in 1 subject were higher than the intrascanner variance for the same subject but were lower than the intersubject variance for the same scanner. CONCLUSIONS:The variance in the ADC values for different MR scanners is reasonably small if appropriate scanning parameters (repetition time, >3000 ms; echo time, minimum; and high enough signal-to-noise ratio of high-b diffusion-weighted image) are used.
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J Comput Assist Tomogrjournal_title
Journal of computer assisted tomographyauthors
Ogura A,Tamura T,Ozaki M,Doi T,Fujimoto K,Miyati T,Ito Y,Maeda F,Tarewaki H,Takahashi Mdoi
10.1097/RCT.0000000000000266subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-01 00:00:00pages
760-5issue
5eissn
0363-8715issn
1532-3145journal_volume
39pub_type
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