Abstract #1351

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with Integrated Slice-Specific Dynamic-Shimming for Rectal Cancer Detection and Characterization

Jianxing Qiu¹, Jing Liu¹, Chenwen Liu², Jinxia Zhu², and Thomas Benkert³

¹Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China, ²MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthcare Ltd China, Beijing, China, ³MR Application Development, Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with integrated slice-specific dynamic-shimming (iShim) could improve image quality compared with conventional 3D-Shimming single-shot echo-planar-imaging (SS-EPI) DWI in patients with rectal cancer. iShim DWI can help differentiate rectal cancer from normal walls and predict pathologic characterizations. iShim DWI could be an effective and promising approach and a good alternative to conventional 3D-Shimming SS-EPI DWI for patients with rectal cancer.

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