Ivan Jambor1,
2, Jukka Jrvinen1, 3, Hannu J. Aronen1,
3, Jani Saunavaara3, Harri Merisaari4, Tommi
Kauko5, Ronald Borra1, 3, Marko Pesola,
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1Department
of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 22nd
Department of Radiology, Comenius University and St. Elisabeth Oncology
Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; 3Medical Imaging Centre of
Southwest Finland, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; 4Turku
PET centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 5Department of
Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
The optimal b-value distribution for biexponential DWI of normal prostate was determined using using Monte-Carlo simulations and in-vivo measurements. Eight healthy volunteers underwent four repeated 3T prostate DWI scans using both 16 equally distributed b-values and an optimized b-value distribution obtained from the simulations. The b-value distributions were compared in terms of measurement reliability and repeatability using Shrout-Fleiss analysis. The optimal b-value distribution was found to be a clustered distribution with b-values concentrated in the low, mid and high ranges and was shown to improve the estimation quality of biexponential DWI parameters of in-vivo experiments.
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