3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation technique (DSDE-TFE) versus echo planar imaging in evaluation of diffusivity of retinoblastoma

摘要

Objective: Compared with echoplanar (EP) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), three-dimensional (3D) turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium (DSDE-TFE) preparation DWI obtains images with higher spatial resolution and less susceptibility artefacts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of DSDE-TFE to visualize retinoblastomas compared with EP imaging.