Research Article
Application of Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging and Histogram Analysis for Assessing Preoperative Stages of Rectal Cancer
Table 1
Imaging protocol parameters and sequences.
| Parameters | T1WI | T2WI | DKI |
| Imaging direction | Oblique axis | Oblique axis | Oblique axis | TR (ms) | 700 | 3770 | 4900 | TE (ms) | 12 | 101 | 87 | PAT | 2 | 2 | 4 | FOV (mm2) | 280 × 280 | 200 × 200 | 280 × 280 | Matrix | 128 × 128 | 128 × 128 | 128 × 128 | Slice thickness (mm) | 4 | 4 | 4 | Number of sections | 20 | 20 | 20 | b value (s/mm2) | | | 200, 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 |
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