Carr-purcell-meiboom-gill (cpmg) Imaging of Prostate Cancer; Trading Time for Information: High Quality T2 Images and Quantitative T2 Values for Cancer Discrimination
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Introduction: T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) is widely used in the clinical staging of prostate cancer and is typically performed using fast spin echo (FSE) imaging. While FSE reduces acquisition time compared to standard spin echo (SSE) imaging, it also produces image blurring that results from T2-related effects upon the point spread function not present with SSE. In the present study, we employed CPMG imaging, a multi-echo SSE technique, to (a) generate high quality T2WI of prostate cancer without FSE point spread function problems and (b) provide data for quantitative measurement of regional T2 values for discrimination of suspected cancer from normal tissue.
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