Comparison of single-shot, FOCUS single-shot, MUSE, and FOCUS MUSE diffusion weighted imaging for pulmonary lesions: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

To compare the performance of SS, FOCUS SS, MUSE, and FOCUS MUSE DWI for pulmonary lesions to obtain a better technique for pulmonary DWI imaging.

Materials and methods

44 patients with pulmonary lesions were recruited to perform pulmonary DWI using SS, FOCUS SS, MUSE, and FOCUS MUSE sequences. Then, two radiologists with 12 and 10 years of chest MRI experiences assessed the overall image quality while another two radiologists both with 3 years of experiences evaluated the SNR, DR, and ADC of pulmonary lesions. Using interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and kappa statistics to assess consistency of readers, Friedman test and Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc were used to calculate the difference between sequences. Mann-Whitney test and ROC curve were used

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature