دورية أكاديمية
Impact of velocity- and acceleration-compensated encodings on signal dropout and black-blood state in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance liver imaging at clinical TEs.
| العنوان: | Impact of velocity- and acceleration-compensated encodings on signal dropout and black-blood state in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance liver imaging at clinical TEs. |
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| المؤلفون: | Tobit Führes, Marc Saake, Filip Szczepankiewicz, Sebastian Bickelhaupt, Michael Uder, Frederik Bernd Laun |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 10, p e0291273 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | PurposeThe study aims to develop easy-to-implement concomitant field-compensated gradient waveforms with varying velocity-weighting (M1) and acceleration-weighting (M2) levels and to evaluate their efficacy in correcting signal dropouts and preserving the black-blood state in liver diffusion-weighted imaging. Additionally, we seek to determine an optimal degree of compensation that minimizes signal dropouts while maintaining blood signal suppression.MethodsNumerically optimized gradient waveforms were adapted using a novel method that allows for the simultaneous tuning of M1- and M2-weighting by changing only one timing variable. Seven healthy volunteers underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) with five diffusion encoding schemes (monopolar, velocity-compensated (M1 = 0), acceleration-compensated (M1 = M2 = 0), 84%-M1-M2-compensated, 67%-M1-M2-compensated) at b-values of 50 and 800 s/mm2 at a constant echo time of 70 ms. Signal dropout correction and apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) were quantified using regions of interest in the left and right liver lobe. The blood appearance was evaluated using two five-point Likert scales.ResultsSignal dropout was more pronounced in the left lobe (19%-42% less signal than in the right lobe with monopolar scheme) and best corrected by acceleration-compensation (8%-10% less signal than in the right lobe). The black-blood state was best with monopolar encodings and decreased significantly (p < 0.001) with velocity- and/or acceleration-compensation. The partially M1-M2-compensated encoding schemes could restore the black-blood state again. Strongest ADC bias occurred for monopolar encodings (difference between left/right lobe of 0.41 μm2/ms for monopolar vs. < 0.12 μm2/ms for the other encodings).ConclusionAll of the diffusion encodings used in this study demonstrated suitability for routine DWI application. The results indicate that a perfect value for the level of M1-M2-compensation does not exist. However, among the examined encodings, the 84%-M1-M2-compensated encodings provided a suitable tradeoff. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291273&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0291273&type=printable |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0291273 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ca45db4592e64957a89b4e612aa1fd6f |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.45db4592e64957a89b4e612aa1fd6f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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