Abstract #0255

Optimizing T2-weighted MRI and DWI of the Esophagus

Jitka Starekova¹, Lloyd Estkowski², Ruiqi Geng^1,3, Yuxin Zhang^1,3, Diego Hernando^1,3, and Scott B Reeder^1,3,4,5,6

¹Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ²Global MR Applications and Workflow GE Healthcare, Madison, WI, United States, ³Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ⁴Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ⁵Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ⁶Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

Esophageal MRI is emerging alternative to endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and computed tomography (CT) for the detection and staging of cancer. Esophageal MRI has great potential for screening, active surveillance post-neodjuvant therapy and ruling out surgery for patients with higher stage cancer. The major challenges in esophageal imaging are the spatial resolution, as the esophageal wall is only approximately 3mm thick, and cardiac related motion artifacts. This prospective study aimed to address these challenges by developing a protocol for high-resolution T2-weighted and motion-robust diffusion-weighted imaging of the esophagus and periesophageal tissue.

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