Abstract #3680

Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Cervical Cancer Using Reduced-field-of-view, Readout-segmented, and Single-shot Echo-planar Imaging at 3T

Zhijun Ye¹, Gang Ning¹, Xuesheng Li², Qing Li³, Haibo Qu¹, and Thomas Benkert⁴

¹West China Second University Hospital, Chengdu, China, ²West China Sencond University Hospital, Chengdu, China, ³MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthcare Ltd., Shanghai, China, ⁴MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

This study explored and compared the performance of reduced-FOV diffusion-weighted imaging (rFOV DWI), readout-segmented echo-planar-imaging (rs-EPI) DWI, and conventional single-shot (ss)-EPI DWI techniques for diagnosis of cervical cancer. Image quality was assessed by two radiologists; rFOV DWI and rs-EPI DWI achieved significantly better image quality and clinical utility at both b=50 s/mm2 and b=1000 s/mm2 compared with ss-EPI DWI, and rFOV DWI outperformed rs-EPI DWI in terms of artifacts, overall image quality, and clinical utility.

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