Zhiqiang Li1, Sharmeen Maze1, and John P Karis1
1Neuroradiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States
1Neuroradiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States
DWI of the optic nerve and pituitary gland is difficult with EPI. msEPI and distortion free SPLICE PROPELLER have recently been released to the clinic. This work develops DWI protocols for the optic nerve and pituitary gland. Good image quality with clinically sound scan time is achieved.
Fig. 3. Volunteer images acquired using the proposed SPLICE-PROPELLER protocols demonstrate good image quality without distortion artifacts.
Fig. 4. Patient results of the pituitary gland with the proposed SPLICE-PROPELLER protocol. Clear delineation of the pituitary gland with consistent quality is achieved in the clinical settings.
