It is occasionally necessary to repeat diffusion weighted imaging(DWI)after giving intravenous contrast medium(CM).However,the effects of CM on DWI and apparent diffusion coefficients(ADC)have not been fully ex-amined...It is occasionally necessary to repeat diffusion weighted imaging(DWI)after giving intravenous contrast medium(CM).However,the effects of CM on DWI and apparent diffusion coefficients(ADC)have not been fully ex-amined.The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether there are any diagnostically significant dif-ferences between echo-planar imaging(EPI)-DWI before and after intravenous CM.EPI-DWI was acquiredtwice in 203 consecutive patients before and after i.v.CM.Three blinded readers rated the diagnostic展开更多
文摘It is occasionally necessary to repeat diffusion weighted imaging(DWI)after giving intravenous contrast medium(CM).However,the effects of CM on DWI and apparent diffusion coefficients(ADC)have not been fully ex-amined.The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether there are any diagnostically significant dif-ferences between echo-planar imaging(EPI)-DWI before and after intravenous CM.EPI-DWI was acquiredtwice in 203 consecutive patients before and after i.v.CM.Three blinded readers rated the diagnostic
