Single-shot diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging of normal and cirrhotic livers using a phased-array multicoil.
Single-shot spin-echo diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging using a phased-array multicoil was performed to distinguish between normal and cirrhotic livers. Sets of 6 images with different b-values were acquired with breath-holding. Significant differences were observed between controls and cirrhosis cases in the signal ratios when the b-value was 383 s/mm2, and apparent diffusion coefficients.
Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values