Open AccessRectal gas-induced susceptibility artefacts on prostate diffusion-weighted MRI with epi read-out at 3.0 T: does a preparatory micro-enema improve image quality?
Author(s) -
Verena Plodeck,
Christoph Georg Radosa,
HansMartin Hubner,
Christian Baldus,
Angelika Borkowetz,
Christian Thomas,
JensPeter Kühn,
Michael Laniado,
RalfThorsten Hoffmann,
Ivan Platzek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
abdominal radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.824
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 2366-004X
pISSN - 2366-0058
DOI - 10.1007/s00261-020-02600-9
Subject(s) - medicine , enema , logistic regression , prostate , diffusion mri , confounding , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , prostate cancer , nuclear medicine , cancer
To assess whether the application of a preparatory micro-enema reduces gas-induced susceptibility artefacts on diffusion-weighted MRI of the prostate.