A Potential Risk of Overestimating Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Parotid Glands

Yi-Jui Liu,Yi-Hsiung Lee,Hing-Chiu Chang,Teng-Yi Huang,Hui-Chu Chiu,Chih-Wei Wang,Ta-Wei Chiou,Kang Hsu,Chun-Jung Juan,Guo Shu Huang,Hsian-He-Hsu

A Potential Risk of Overestimating Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Parotid Glands

2015

Yi-Jui Liu
Yi-Hsiung Lee
Hing-Chiu Chang
Teng-Yi Huang
Hui-Chu Chiu
Chih-Wei Wang
Ta-Wei Chiou
Kang Hsu
Chun-Jung Juan
Guo Shu Huang
Hsian-He-Hsu

Objectives To investigate transient signal loss on diffusion weighted images (DWI) and overestimation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in parotid glands using single shot echoplanar DWI (EPDWI).

Keywords:

Nuclear medicine
Diffusion MRI
Effective diffusion coefficient
Parotid gland
Radiology
Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma
Radiation therapy
Magnetic resonance imaging
Echo-planar imaging
Medicine
transient signal
Nuclear magnetic resonance
single shot
potential risk

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