Mamak Eatesam1, Michelle Nystrom1,
Susan M. Noworolski1,2, Jennifer L. Dodge3, Raphael B.
Merriman4, Aliya Qayyum1
1Radiology & Biomedical
Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, United States; 2Graduate Group
in Bioengineering, UC San Francisco & Berkeley, San Francisco &
Berkeley, CA, United States; 3Department of Internal Medicine,
UCSF, Fresno, CA, United States; 4Department of Medicine, California
Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
The repeatability of liver ADC measurement was compared across different image analysis techniques designed to reduce the impact of vessels on the ADC. Two successive breath-hold DWI scans were performed in 14 subjects; 6 NAFLD and 8 healthy volunteers. ADC was derived from 6 small and 3 large ROIs and with 4 different image threshold applications. Results indicated that large ROI ADC measurements were more repeatable than small ROI measurements. Vessel correction was associated with the narrowest range of ADC difference between scans, suggestive of highest repeatability.