Read-out segmented echo planar diffusion imaging of the female pelvis-utility in endometrial carcinoma-a preliminary experience

摘要

Objective: Susceptibility artefacts from bones and bowel, geometric distortion makes diffusion imaging of the pelvis difficult. We discuss the difficulties of single-shot-echo-planar (ss-ep) DWI and evaluate a new diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) technique-readout segmented echo planar (rs-ep) DWI in endometrial carcinoma and discuss the imaging physics.