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ArticleEuropean journal of radiology open2023

Reproducibility of quantitative ADC, T1, and T2 measurement on the cerebral cortex: Utility of whole brain echo-planar DWI with compressed SENSE (EPICS-DWI): A pilot study.

Koji Yamashita, Masami Yoneyama, Kazufumi Kikuchi, Tatsuhiro Wada, Hiroo Murazaki, Hiroaki Watanuki, Ryoji Mikayama, Kousei Ishigami, Osamu Togao

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Article in European journal of radiology open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Koji YamashitaDepartments of Radiology Informatics and Network, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Masami YoneyamaPhilips Japan, 13-37, Kohnan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8507, Japan.
Kazufumi KikuchiDepartments of Clinical Radiology, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Tatsuhiro WadaDivision of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan.
Hiroo MurazakiDivision of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan.
Hiroaki WatanukiDivision of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan.
Ryoji MikayamaDivision of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan.
Kousei IshigamiDepartments of Clinical Radiology, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Osamu TogaoDepartments of Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kyushu University · JPKyushu University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the reproducibility of ADC, T1, T2, and proton density (PD) measurements on the cortex across the entire brain using high-resolution pseudo-3D diffusion-weighted imaging using echo-planar imaging with compressed SENSE (EPICS-DWI) and 3D quantification with an interleaved Look-Locker acquisition sequence with T2 preparation pulse (3D-QALAS) in normal healthy adults. Methods: Twelve healthy participants (median age, 33 years; range, 28-51 years) were recruited to evaluate the reproducibility of whole-brain EPICS-DWI and synthetic MRI. EPICS-DWI utilizes a compressed SENSE reconstruction framework while maintaining the EPI sampling pattern. The 3D-QALAS sequence is based on multi-acquisition 3D gradient echo, with five acquisitions equally spaced in time, interleaved with a T2 preparation pulse and an inversion pulse. EPICS-DWI ( Results: The ICC of ADCs was 0.785, indicating "good" reproducibility. The ICCs of T1s, T2s, and PDs were 0.986, 0.978, and 0.968, indicating "excellent" reproducibility. Conclusion: The combination of EPICS-DWI and 3D-QALAS sequences with identical voxel size could reproducible ADC, T1, T2, and PD measurements for the cortex across the entire brain in healthy adults.

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BrainCerebral cortexDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingTest retest reliability

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PMID37609044
PMCPMC10440392
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