Abstract #2982

Readout-Segmented EPI Improves the Diagnostic Performance of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Breast Examinations at 3 Tesla

Wolfgang Bogner¹, Katja Pinker, Hubert Bickel, Marek Chmelik¹, Michael Weber, Thomas H. Helbich, Siegfried Trattnig¹, Stephan Gruber¹

¹MR Center of Excellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

This work compares the diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted imaging based on single-shot echo planar imaging (ssEPI) and readout-segmented echo planar imaging (rsEPI) for 49 histopathologically proven breast lesions at 3T.