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PURPOSE:To compare the clinical utility of single-shot echo-planar imaging (SS-EPI) using different breathing schemes and readout-segmented EPI (RS-EPI) in the repeatability of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and image quality. METHODS:In this institutional review board-approved prospective study, hepatic DWIs (b = 50, 300, 600 s/mm2) were performed in 22 volunteers on 3.0 T MRI using SS-EPI with free-breathing diffusion-weighted imaging (FB-DWI), breath-hold (BH-DWI), respiratory-triggered (RT-DWI) and navigator-triggered (NT-DWI), and readout-segmented EPI (RS-DWI). ADC and surrogate SNR (sSNR) were measured in nine anatomic locations in the right lobe, and image quality was assessed on all FB-DWI, BH-DWI, RT-DWI, NT-DWI, and RS-DWI sequences. The sequence with the optimal clinical utility was decided by systematically comparing the ADC repeatability, sSNR and image quality of the above DWIs. RESULTS:In all the five sequences, NT-DWI had the most reliable intra-observer agreement (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC): 0.900-0.922; all P > 0.05), and a better interobserver agreement (ICC: 0.853-0.960; all p > 0.05) than RS-DWI (ICC:0.881-0.916; some P < 0.05). NT-DWI had the best ADC repeatability in the nine locations (mean ADC absolute differences: 38.47-56.38 × 10-6 mm2/s, limits of agreement (LOA): 17.33-22.52 × 10-6 mm2/s). Also, NT-DWI had the highest sSNR (Reader 1: 50.58 ± 20.11 (Superior), 74.06 ± 28.37 (Central), 80.99 ± 38.11(Inferior)); Reader 2: 48.07 ± 23.92 (Superior), 68.23 ± 32.91 (Central), 76.78 ± 33.07 (Inferior)) in three representative sections except for RS-DWI. Furthermore, NT-DWI had a better image quality than RS-DWI (P < 0.05) and was superior to FB-DWI and BH-DWI in sharpness of the liver (at b = 300 s/mm2) (P < 0.05) CONCLUSION: RS-DWI has the best SNR. However, NT-DWI can provide sufficient SNR, excellent image quality, and the best ADC repeatability on 3.0 T MRI. It is thus the recommended sequence for the clinical application of hepatic DWI.
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Eur J Radioljournal_title
European journal of radiologyauthors
Xie S,Masokano IB,Liu W,Long X,Li G,Pei Y,Li Wdoi
10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109472subject
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