MR医学影像文献An-2016-Test-retest reliability of 3D EPI MR e.pdfVIP

Clinical Radiology 71 (2016) 1068.e7e1068.e12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Clinical Radiology journal homepage: Testeretest reliability of 3D EPI MR elastography of the pancreas a a * H. An , Y. Shi , Q. Guo , Y. Liu Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China article information AIM: To determine the repeatability of three-dimensional echo planar imaging magnetic resonance (MR) elastography (3D EPI MRE) for assessing pancreatic stiffness in healthy vol- Article history: unteers, patients with chronic pancreatitis, and patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarci- Received 16 August 2015 noma (PDAC). Received in revised form MATERIALS AND METHODS: 3D EPI MRE was used to assess pancreatic stiffness in five 5 March 2016 healthy volunteers, and five and three patients with histopathologically confirmed chronic Accepted 23 March 2016 pancreatitis and PDAC, respectively. The study participants underwent two scans, separated by a 1-day interval (referred to as time point 1 and time point 2). Scanning was performed using a 3 T MR machine using a multi-section EPI pulse sequence to assess the mean stiffness of the tumours in PDAC cases, and pancreatic parenchyma in chronic pancreatitis cases and healthy