Purpose: This study aimed to examine whether the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) could be increased by combining integrated slice-by-slice shimming (iShim) with a fat suppression (FS) method other than short-tau inversion...Purpose: This study aimed to examine whether the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) could be increased by combining integrated slice-by-slice shimming (iShim) with a fat suppression (FS) method other than short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and q-space imaging (qsi). Methods: We acquired DWI images (b-values: 0 and nine steps from 400 to 10,000 s/mm2 for six axes) using a prototypical single-shot echo planar imaging sequence by combining two types of shimming (3D Shim and iShim) and two types of FS (STIR and water excitation [WE]) in 10 volunteers. In the DWI study, the SNR for each b-value, FS effect in the b0 image, and distortion in the added image (b0 - b10,000) were evaluated for the above-mentioned four imaging methods. qsi involved original DWI images. In the qsi study, the SNR was evaluated. Results: With regard to both 3D Shim and iShim, the SNRs were significantly higher when using WE than when using STIR in b0 - b900 images (p Conclusion: The combination of iShim and WE has a high SNR on qsi.展开更多
目的对比逐层匀场技术(iShim-DWI)与单次激发平面回波成像(SS-EPI)应用于肺部占位性病变MR检查中成像质量的差异。方法前瞻性收集2017年9月至2023年3月经CT检查证实存在肺占位病变的患者的MR图像。所有患者均使用3.0 T MRI检查仪行SS-EP...目的对比逐层匀场技术(iShim-DWI)与单次激发平面回波成像(SS-EPI)应用于肺部占位性病变MR检查中成像质量的差异。方法前瞻性收集2017年9月至2023年3月经CT检查证实存在肺占位病变的患者的MR图像。所有患者均使用3.0 T MRI检查仪行SS-EPI、iShim-DWI及T 2WI扫描。以T 2WI-haste图像为参考,由2名放射科医生采用五分法对2种DWI图像整体质量评分,Kappa检验用来评价2名医生评分的一致性,Wilcoxon秩和检验比较两种DWI序列对图像整体质量显示的差异。2名放射科诊断医生共同对肺占位性病变进行定量参数的测量,计算肺占位性病变图像的信噪比(SNR)、对比噪声比(CNR)及病变的前后径(AP)、左右径(RL)的几何变形率(GDR),另测量肺占位性病变的表观扩散系数值(ADC),使用配对样本t检验比较两序列测得定量参数的差异。结果共收集肺占位病变的患者56例,其中肺癌23例,转移瘤33例。2名放射科医生对2种DWI序列图像整体质量评分的一致性较好(Kappa>0.75)。两序列得分之间的差异有统计学意义(P<0.001)。iShim-DWI和SS-EPI显示肺占位性病变的SNR、CNR分别为23.683、39.803和15.525、21.261,2种序列间SNR、CNR差异有统计学意义(P<0.001)。iShim-DWI和SS-EPI测量肺占位性病变前后、左右方向的GDR分别为6.914、6.879和27.827、25.859,iShim-DWI对肺占位性病变GDR较SS-EPI显著降低(P<0.001)。在iShim-DWI和SS-EPI中测量病变的ADC值分别为1.097×10^(-3)、1.105×10^(-3) mm 2·s^(-1),差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论在肺占位性病变的检查中,iShim-DWI可以明显提高DWI的图像质量。展开更多
文摘Purpose: This study aimed to examine whether the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) could be increased by combining integrated slice-by-slice shimming (iShim) with a fat suppression (FS) method other than short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and q-space imaging (qsi). Methods: We acquired DWI images (b-values: 0 and nine steps from 400 to 10,000 s/mm2 for six axes) using a prototypical single-shot echo planar imaging sequence by combining two types of shimming (3D Shim and iShim) and two types of FS (STIR and water excitation [WE]) in 10 volunteers. In the DWI study, the SNR for each b-value, FS effect in the b0 image, and distortion in the added image (b0 - b10,000) were evaluated for the above-mentioned four imaging methods. qsi involved original DWI images. In the qsi study, the SNR was evaluated. Results: With regard to both 3D Shim and iShim, the SNRs were significantly higher when using WE than when using STIR in b0 - b900 images (p Conclusion: The combination of iShim and WE has a high SNR on qsi.
文摘目的对比逐层匀场技术(iShim-DWI)与单次激发平面回波成像(SS-EPI)应用于肺部占位性病变MR检查中成像质量的差异。方法前瞻性收集2017年9月至2023年3月经CT检查证实存在肺占位病变的患者的MR图像。所有患者均使用3.0 T MRI检查仪行SS-EPI、iShim-DWI及T 2WI扫描。以T 2WI-haste图像为参考,由2名放射科医生采用五分法对2种DWI图像整体质量评分,Kappa检验用来评价2名医生评分的一致性,Wilcoxon秩和检验比较两种DWI序列对图像整体质量显示的差异。2名放射科诊断医生共同对肺占位性病变进行定量参数的测量,计算肺占位性病变图像的信噪比(SNR)、对比噪声比(CNR)及病变的前后径(AP)、左右径(RL)的几何变形率(GDR),另测量肺占位性病变的表观扩散系数值(ADC),使用配对样本t检验比较两序列测得定量参数的差异。结果共收集肺占位病变的患者56例,其中肺癌23例,转移瘤33例。2名放射科医生对2种DWI序列图像整体质量评分的一致性较好(Kappa>0.75)。两序列得分之间的差异有统计学意义(P<0.001)。iShim-DWI和SS-EPI显示肺占位性病变的SNR、CNR分别为23.683、39.803和15.525、21.261,2种序列间SNR、CNR差异有统计学意义(P<0.001)。iShim-DWI和SS-EPI测量肺占位性病变前后、左右方向的GDR分别为6.914、6.879和27.827、25.859,iShim-DWI对肺占位性病变GDR较SS-EPI显著降低(P<0.001)。在iShim-DWI和SS-EPI中测量病变的ADC值分别为1.097×10^(-3)、1.105×10^(-3) mm 2·s^(-1),差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论在肺占位性病变的检查中,iShim-DWI可以明显提高DWI的图像质量。