Abstract #1898

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Abdomen using Echo Planar Imaging with Compressed SENSE (EPICS)

Yoshifumi Noda¹, Takayuki Mori¹, Nobuyuki Kawai¹, Kimihiro Kajita², Yuta Akamine³, Masami Yoneyama³, Fuminori Hyodo⁴, and Masayuki Matsuo¹

¹Department of Radiology, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, ²Department of Radiology Services, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan, ³Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Frontier Science for Imaging, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is one of the important sequences in abdominal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, especially in unenhanced examination. Recently, echo planar imaging with Compressed SENSE (EPICS) has been introduced and it can reduce noise-like artifacts and improve image quality. In this study, we compared qualitative and quantitative imaging parameters between conventional echo planar DWI (C-EPI-DWI) and EPICS. Our results showed that EPICS significantly reduce noise-like artifacts and improve the accuracy of ADC values compared with C-EPI-DWI.

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