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ArticleMagma (New York, N.Y.)2021

Integrated slice-specific dynamic shimming for whole-body diffusion-weighted MR imaging at 1.5 T.

Sarah McElroy, Jessica M Winfield, Olwen Westerland, Geoff Charles-Edwards, Joanna Bell, Radhouene Neji, Alto Stemmer, Berthold Kiefer, Matthew Streetly, Vicky Goh

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Article in Magma (New York, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah McElroyClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. sarah.mcelroy@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4271-5931
Jessica M WinfieldClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Olwen WesterlandClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Geoff Charles-EdwardsClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Joanna BellClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Radhouene NejiMR Research Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Frimley, UK.
Alto StemmerMR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany.
Berthold KieferMR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany.
Matthew StreetlyClinical Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Vicky GohClinical Imaging and Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
St Thomas' Hospital · GBSiemens Healthineers (Germany) · DEGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBGuy's Hospital · GBSiemens (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK C1519/A16463Department of Health & Social Care C1519/A16463Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council C1519/A16463Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council WT203148/Z/16/ZMedical Research Council C1519/A16463Wellcome Trust 088641Wellcome Trust 203148Wellcome Trust WT203148/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare integrated slice-specific dynamic shim (iShim) with distortion correction post-processing to conventional 3D volume shim for the reduction of artefacts and signal loss in 1.5 T whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (WB-DWI).

methodsTen volunteers underwent WB-DWI using conventional 3D volume shim and iShim. Forty-eight consecutive patients underwent WB-DWI with either volume shim (n = 24) or iShim (n = 24) only. For all subjects, displacement of the spinal cord at imaging station interfaces was measured on composed b = 900 s/mm

resultsSpinal cord displacement artefacts were lower with iShim (p < 0.05) at the thoracic junction in volunteers and at the cervical and thoracic junctions in patients (p < 0.05). The sternum/vertebra signal intensity ratio in healthy volunteers was higher with iShim compared with the volume shim sequence (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences between the volume shim and iShim patient groups in terms of image quality and signal intensity discontinuity scores.

conclusioniShim reduced the degree of spinal cord displacement artefact between imaging stations and susceptibility-gradient-induced signal loss.

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ArtifactsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingEcho-Planar ImagingHumansSpinal CordSpineArtefactsDiffusion-weighted MRIEcho-planar imagingOncologyWhole-body imaging

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PMID33355719
PMCPMC8338872
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