Abstract #3180

Clinical Evaluation of Reduced Field-Of-View Diffusion Imaging of the Human Spinal Cord

Greg Zaharchuk¹, Emine Ulku Saritas², Ajit Shankaranarayan³, Dwight Nishimura², Nancy Jane Fischbein¹

¹Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; ²Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; ³Appled Sciences Laboratory - West, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, USA

The combination of higher spatial resolution and decreased imaging artifacts associated with reduced FOV spinal cord DWI improves clinical evaluation of both normal and pathological conditions. We will review the basics of the technique and present multiple cases in which rFOV DWI was helpful for clinical diagnosis.