Meeting Banner
Abstract #1780

Tractography of the Neurovascular Bundles of the Prostate with Zoom DTI Technique: Preliminary Report

Satoru Takahashi1, Yoshiko Ueno1, Kazuhiro Kitajima2, Tomoyuki Okuaki3, Kazuro Sugimura2

1Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyoto, Japan; 2Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyoto, Japan; 3Philips Electronics Japan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan


Although diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with a smaller FOV is desirable for visualizing tiny neurovascular bundles (NVBs) around the prostate, a conventional excitation technique limits the minimum size of FOV due to aliasing artifact. We conducted this preliminary study to evaluate the ability of selective radiofrequency excitations technique (zoom DTI) for the demonstration of the NVB using fiber tractography technique with small FOV. We found that tractography with zoom DTI technique of the prostate was feasible and could elucidate the periprostatic fiber tract detail, although further study is required to correlate DTI findings to gold standard anatomic specimens.