Image quality of whole-body diffusion MR images comparing deep-learning accelerated and conventional sequences.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the image quality of deep learning accelerated whole-body (WB) with conventional diffusion sequences.

Authors

  • Andrea Ponsiglione
    Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
  • Will McGuire
    Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom.
  • Giuseppe Petralia
    Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Marie Fennessy
    Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom.
  • Thomas Benkert
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Strasse 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany (J.F.H., S.V., C.M., L.M.P., T.A.B., H.K., A.M.W.); and Department of Application Development, Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany (T.B., J.P.).
  • Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy.
  • Anwar R Padhani
    From the Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, England (A.R.P.); and Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (B.T.).