title: Rice pads reduce geometric distortion of echo-planar diffusion-weighted images of the cervical spinal cord.
abstract: We investigated whether a rice pad could be used to reduce the geometric distortion in echo-planar diffusion-weighted images of the cervical spinal cord. In 10 healthy volunteers, we obtained sagittal plane images using the same imaging parameters with and without a rice pad. Two reviewers classified geometric distortion and visually assessed images. Use of a rice pad significantly reduced geometric distortion in the cervical spinal cord.
authors: Ishikawa Clinic, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan. smoyari@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Susumu
authors: S
authors: Moriya
authors: Yukio
authors: Y
authors: Miki
authors: Tsuneo
authors: T
authors: Yokobayashi
authors: Mitsunori
authors: M
authors: Kanagaki
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Komori
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Fujimoto
authors: Mitsunori
authors: M
authors: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012275:Oryza; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric