Abstract #0577

High-resolution distortion-free diffusion imaging of the prostate using stimulated echo based turbo spin echo (DPsti-TSE) sequence

Qinwei Zhang¹, Bram F. Coolen¹, Gustav J. Strijkers², Laurens van Buuren³, Uulke van der Heide³, Oliver J. Gurney-Champion ¹, Sónia I. Gonçalves⁴, and Aart J. Nederveen¹

¹Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Diffusion imaging is part of the standard MR imaging protocol for prostate cancer diagnosis. Conventional echo planar imaging (EPI) diffusion sequence has limitation on image resolution and additionally suffers from image distortion. The present study introduces a new stimulated echo based 3D diffusion preparation turbo spin echo sequence (DPsti-TSE) to achieve high-resolution and distortion free image. The sequence is also proved to be immune to eddy currents.

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