Abstract #2887

Improvement of distortion-free diffusion tensor imaging for evaluation of lumbar nerve roots: Utility of direct coronal single-shot turbo spin-echo diffusion sequence with a split acquisition.

Takayuki Sakai^1,2, Masami Yoneyama³, Atsuya Watanabe^4,5, Daichi Murayama¹, Shigehiro Ochi¹, and Tosiaki Miyati⁶

¹Radiology, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan, ²Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ³Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Orthopaedic Surgery, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan, ⁵General Medical Services, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan, ⁶Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

This study was to investigate the availability of SPLICE-DTI (a split acquisition of fast spin-echo signals for diffusion imaging) with high spatial resolution for evaluation of lumbar nerve roots.

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