Diffusion weighted imaging has shown promise for assessing tumor response to treatment, but suffers from gradient nonlinearity and image distortion that may adversely affect quantitative accuracy. This work evaluates corrections for image distortion (susceptibility-induced and eddy current) and bias from gradient non-linearity (GN) on breast tumor DTI metrics prior to treatment (T0) and at an early-treatment time point (T1), in six breast cancer patients undergoing neaoadjuvnt chemotherapy. Both GN and distortion correction had significant effects on tumor ADC and FA values at T0 and T1. The addition of distortion correction also improved the alignment of DTI and DCE-MRI tumor ROIs.
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