The oscillating gradient spin echo (OGSE) diffusion method probes the diffusion spectrum at defined length scales. This comparative study investigates the effect of short diffusion times on apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements using OGSE and PGSE diffusion sequences in six patients with liver metastases. Similar cohort mean ADC values were reported for all PGSE measurements, while the OGSE-derived ADC was significantly higher (paired t-test p-value=0.029). This increase in OGSE-measured ADC in liver tumours suggests that water molecules suffer less hindrance at shorter diffusion times (as already observed in brain studies) and provides additional information regarding the tissue microstructure.
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