In liver MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) allows better detection and characterization of focal lesions, but requires a relatively long scan time. The multiband variable-rate selective excitation (MB-VERSE) echoplanar imaging for DWI provides accelerated acquisition time with some expected trade-off in image quality. Qualitative and quantitative image quality of MB-VERSE images as well as focal liver lesion detectability was evaluated by three readers. The MB-VERSE sequence as well as focal liver lesion detectability showed significant sacrifice in quantitative and qualitative overall image quality, but comparable focal lesion detectability.
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