Abstract #2990
Estimation and removal of partial volume effects of cerebrospinal fluid in intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging
Hajime Tamura 1 , Shunji Mugikura 2 , Yoshiaki Komori 3 , Kazuomi Yamanaka 4 , and Hideki Ota 2
1
Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku
University, Sendai, Japan,
2
Diagnostic
Radiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan,
3
Siemens
Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan,
4
Radiology,
Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
IVIM imaging of the brain requires both high signal to
noise ratio and exclusion of partial-volume effects of
free water. This may be achieved by addition of
inversion-recovery DWI for b = 0 and 1000 [s mm
-2
]
without the penalty of a long scan time.
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