Keywords: Data Acquisition, Diffusion/other diffusion imaging techniquesDWI has an important role in the staging and treatment response assessment of patients with rectal cancer, but its resolution is much lower than dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and T2W images. We achieved a high-resolution scan of the rectal cancer using SMS HR rs-EPI sequences with a resolution of 1.1×1.1×2 mm3. The SMS HR rs-EPI provided a significantly better image quality and more valuable ADC than conventional HR rs-EPI when assessing rectal cancer. The pretreatment ADC values of HR rs-EPI could be utilized to distinguish well and poorly differentiated rectal cancer.
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