Evaluation of Regional Variability and Measurement Reproducibility of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion Weighted Imaging Using a Cardiac Stationary Phase Based ECG Trigger Method

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Parametric IVIM maps obtained by using the FB IVIM-DWI (a–e) and CapsECG IVIM-DWI (f–j) techniques. The DWI baseline data, ADC, , PF, and map were shown from left to right for both two techniques. The ADC, , and PF maps show significant difference between left and right hepatic lobe (arrows) for FB method, while the difference was less significant for CaspECG method. For both two methods, the maps appear heterogeneous and coarse, indicating a large variability in values in the liver.

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