Greg Zaharchuk1, Emine Ulku Saritas2, Ajit Shankaranarayan3, Dwight Nishimura2, Nancy Jane Fischbein1
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 3Appled Sciences Laboratory - West, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, USA
The combination of higher spatial resolution and decreased imaging artifacts associated with reduced FOV spinal cord DWI improves clinical evaluation of both normal and pathological conditions. We will review the basics of the technique and present multiple cases in which rFOV DWI was helpful for clinical diagnosis.