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Abstract #4458

Prostate MRI : comparison of generalized autocalibrating partial parallel acquisition (GRAPPA) -accelerated readout-segmented echo-planar imaging (EPI) and single-shot EPI in clinical application of diffusion-weighted imaging at 3 T

Liang Li 1 , Liang Wang 1 , Hui Liu 2 , Ming Deng 1 , Zhao-Yan Feng 1 , and Ji-Hong Liu 3

1 Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, wuhan, hubei, China, 2 Siemens Healthcare, Shanghai, China, 3 Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, wuhan, hubei, China

In this study, we investigate the use of readout-segmented echo planar imaging(rs-EPI) for diffusion imaging of the prostate. This result show the rs-EPI sequence will be less affected by both chemical shift and magnetic susceptibility resulting in higher quality images.

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