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Abstract #2077

Improvement of distortion-free cardiac diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) using motion-compensated single-shot turbo spin-echo (MoCo-TSE) DWI

Yasuhiro Goto1, Michinobu Nagao2, Masami Yoneyama3, Isao Shiina1, Kazuo Kodaira1, Yutaka Hamatani1, Mamoru Takeyama1, Isao Tanaka1, and Shuji Sakai2
1Department of Radiological Services, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Diagnostic imaging & Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 3Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan

We compared the image quality of the motion-compensated (MoCo) and conventional (non-MoCo) cardiac TSE-DWI by visual evaluation and homogeneity evaluation. MC-TSE-DWI achieved superior image quality compared with non-MoCo-TSE-DWI in all b-values and all segments. MoCo-TSE-DWI improves the image quality and may increase the diagnostic potential.

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