Simultaneous multi-slice readout-segmented echo planar imaging for accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging of the breast

摘要

Objectives: Readout-segmented echo planar imaging (rs-EPI) significantly reduces susceptibility artifacts in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the breast compared to single-shot EPI but is limited by longer scan times. To compensate for this, we tested a new simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) acquisition for accelerated rs-EPI.