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Abstract #2418

Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Evaluated by PROPELLER and Echoplanar Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Chun-Jung Juan1, Hing-Chiu Chang2,3, Cheng-Yu Chen1, Hung-Wen Kao1, Chun-Jen Hsueh1, Chih-Wei Wang1, Cheng-Chieh Cheng1,3, Su-Chin Chiu1,3, Hsiao-Wen Chung1,3, Guo-Shu Huang1

1Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan; 3Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan


In this study we aimed to verify the imaging quality of fast spin-echo PROPELLER diffusion weighted imaging (FSE-PROP-DWI) and echoplanar DWI (EP-DWI) in oral cavity and to investigate the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of pathological proven oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC). Our results show that FSE-PROP-DWI is superior to EP-DWI with less imaging distortion and is satisfactory for measurement of ADC of OTSCC.