ArticleMagma (New York, N.Y.)2017
Diffusion-weighted echo planar MR imaging of the neck at 3 T using integrated shimming: comparison of MR sequence techniques for reducing artifacts caused by magnetic-field inhomogeneities.
Article in Magma (New York, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Deep Learning Reconstruction of Diffusion-weighted MRI Enables Shorter Examination Times While Maintaining Image Quality in Head and Neck Imaging.Clinical neuroradiology · 2026Article
- Evaluations of the diagnostic performance of ZOOMit diffusion-weighted imaging and conventional diffusion-weighted imaging for breast lesions.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- High-resolution integrated dynamic shimming diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the assessment of rectal cancer.European radiology · 2023Article
- Preoperative prediction of VETC in hepatocellular carcinoma using non-Gaussian diffusion-weighted imaging at high b values: a pilot study.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Modalities for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: An Overview of Recent Findings and Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Comparative Study between ZOOMit and Conventional Intravoxel Incoherent Motion MRI for Assessing Parotid Gland Abnormalities in Patients with Early- or Mid-Stage Sjögren's Syndrome.Korean journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Integrated slice-specific dynamic shimming for whole-body diffusion-weighted MR imaging at 1.5 T.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Integrated slice-specific dynamic shimming diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) for rectal Cancer detection and characterization.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2021Article
- Diffusion-Weighted Echo Planar Imaging using MUltiplexed Sensitivity Encoding and Reverse Polarity Gradient in Head and Neck Cancer: An Initial Study.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2020Article
- Recent advances in MRI of the head and neck, skull base and cranial nerves: new and evolving sequences, analyses and clinical applications.The British journal of radiology · 2019Review
- Potentials and challenges of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in radiotherapy.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2018Review
- Assessment of image quality of a radiotherapy-specific hardware solution for PET/MRI in head and neck cancer patients.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2018Article
- Voxel-wise correlation of functional imaging parameters in HNSCC patients receiving PET/MRI in an irradiation setup.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2018Article
- Diffusion-weighted MRI in the evaluation of the thyroid nodule: Comparison between integrated-shimming EPI and conventional 3D-shimming EPI techniques.Oncotarget · 2018Article
- Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveOur objective was to compare available techniques reducing artifacts in echo planar imaging (EPI)-based diffusion-weighed magnetic resonance imaging MRI (DWI) of the neck at 3 Tesla caused by B0-field inhomogeneities. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cylindrical fat-water phantom was equipped with a Maxwell coil allowing for additional linear B0-field variations in z-direction. The effect of increasing strength of this superimposed gradient on image quality was observed using a standard single-shot EPI-based DWI sequence (sEPI), a zoomed single-shot EPI sequence (zEPI), a readout-segmented EPI sequence (rsEPI), and an sEPI sequence with integrated dynamic shimming (intEPI) on a 3-Tesla system. Additionally, ten volunteers were examined over the neck region using these techniques. Image quality was assessed by two radiologists. Scan durations were recorded.
resultsWith increasing strength of the external gradient, marked distortions, signal loss, and failure of fat suppression were observed using sEPI, zEPI, and rsEPI. These artifacts were markedly reduced using intEPI. Significantly better in vivo image quality was also observed using intEPI compared with the other techniques. Scan time of intEPI was similar to sEPI and zEPI and shorter than rsEPI.
conclusionThe use of integrated 2D shim and frequency adjustment for EPI-based DWI results in a significant improvement in image quality of the head/neck region at 3 Tesla. Combining integrated shimming with rsEPI or zEPI can be expected to provide additional improvements.
Indexed as
Identifiers
27503308What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.