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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Free-Breathing Liver Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Respiratory Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Radar-Trigger Technique: A Preliminary Study.

Xinyue Liang, Zhenghong Bi, Chun Yang, Ruofan Sheng, Xinyuan Xia, Zheng Zhang, Yongming Dai, Mengsu Zeng

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xinyue LiangShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhenghong BiDepartment of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chun YangShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ruofan ShengShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xinyuan XiaCentral Research Institute, United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China.
Zheng ZhangCentral Research Institute, United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China.
Yongming DaiCentral Research Institute, United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China.
Mengsu ZengShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of free-breathing liver MRI with a novel respiratory frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar-trigger (FT) technique on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for both healthy volunteers and patients in comparison to navigator-trigger (NT) and belt-trigger (BT) techniques. Methods: In this prospective study, 17 healthy volunteers and 23 patients with known or suspected liver diseases were enrolled. Six sequences (T2WI and DWI with FT, NT, and BT techniques) were performed in each subject. Quantitative evaluation and qualitative assessment were analyzed by two radiologists. Overall image quality, blurring, motion artifacts, and liver edge delineations were rated on a 4-point Likert scale. The liver and lesion signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the lesion-to-liver contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), as well as the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value were quantitatively calculated. Results: For volunteers, there were no significant differences in the image quality Likert scores and quantitative parameters on T2WI and DWI with three respiratory-trigger techniques. For patients, NT was superior to other techniques for image quality on T2WI; conversely, little difference was found on DWI in qualitative assessment. The mean SNR of the liver on T2WI and DWI with BT, NT, and FT techniques was similar in patients, which is in line with volunteers. FT performed better in terms of higher SNR (705.13 ± 434.80) and higher CNR (504.41 ± 400.69) on DWI at b50 compared with BT (SNR: 651.83 ± 401.16; CNR:429.24 ± 404.11) and NT (SNR: 639.41 ± 407.98; CNR: 420.64 ± 416.61) ( Conclusion: For volunteers, the performance of T2WI as well as DWI with three respiratory-trigger techniques was similarly good. As for patients, FT-DWI is superior to BT and NT techniques in terms of higher lesion SNR and CNR at b50.

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diffusion-weighted imagingfree-breathinglivermagnetic resonance imagingrespiratory-triggerT2-weighted imaging

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