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Abstract #4548

Comparison of reduced field-of-view DWI and conventional DWI in the assessment of lumbar bone marrow infiltration in patients with acute leukemia

Wenjin Bian1, Jinliang Niu2, Jianting Li2, and Luyao Wang1
1Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, 2The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Quantitative Imaging, Diffusion/other diffusion imaging techniques, Reduced field-of-view, Acute leukemia, Image quality, Cellularity

Motivation: To investigate whether reduced field-of-view diffusion-weight imaging (r-FOV DWI) is superior to conventional DWI for the evaluation of bone marrow infiltration in acute leukemia (AL).

Goal(s): To compare the imaging quality, apparent diffusion coefficient, and value of assessing bone marrow infiltration between r-FOV DWI and conventional DWI in the lumbar spine of AL.

Approach: The image quality and the performance in assessing bone marrow infiltration of the two sequences in AL were compared qualitatively and quantitatively.

Results: Compared with conventional DWI, r-FOV DWI provides superior image quality of the lumbar spine in AL patients, thus yielding better performance in assessing bone marrow infiltration.

Impact: The findings suggest that r-FOV DWI is a promising technique for reducing image artifacts, improving image quality, and assessing bone marrow infiltration in AL. r-FOV DWI can be proposed as a common sequence for evaluating bone marrow infiltration in AL.

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