Abstract #0843
The Effect of Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission on Arterial Input Function Selection in 3T DCE-MRI of Prostate Cancer
Hatim Chafi 1 , Saba N Elias 2 , Huyen T Nguyen 2 , Harry T Friel 3 , Michael V Knopp 2 , BeiBei Guo 4 , Steven B Heymsfield 5 , and Guang Jia 1
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United
States,
2
Department
of Radiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,
United States,
3
Clinical
Science Operations, Philips Healthcare, Highland
Heights, Ohio, United States,
4
Department
of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States,
5
Metabolism
- Body Composition, Pennington Biomedical Research
Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
18 prostate cancer patients underwent DCE-MRI scans on a
3T scanner) using a single channel RF transmit Q-body
and 32-channel phased-array surface coils, while 21
patients were imaged on the same scanner with a parallel
RF transmission upgrade. Comparison of baseline signal
and signal enhancement in the left and right femoral
arteries, indicates that baseline signals and signal
enhancement are significantly more symmetrical. High
field (3.0 T) MRI scanners equipped with
multiple-channel parallel RF transmission enhances the
symmetry of arterial input function in femoral arteries
resulting in more consistent and homogeneous
quantitative pharmacokinetic modeling in DCE-MRI of
prostate cancer.
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