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Comparison of multiplexed sensitivity encoding (MUSE) and single-shot echo-planar imaging (ssEPI) for diffusion-weighted imaging of prostate

Chun-Ying Shen¹, Chia-Wei Li², Chien-Yuan Lin², and Ching-Hua Yang¹
¹Department of Radiology, Taovuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taovuan, Taiwan, ²GE Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan

This study aimed to evaluate and compare the SNR and distortion of multiplexed sensitivity encoding (MUSE) and conventional imaging for diffusion-weighted imaging of the prostate. Our result showed that prostate images by MUSE-DWI can provide significant less distortions and higher SNR.

Figure 1. The diffusion-weighted images of prostate by ssEPI-DWI and MUSE-DWI.

Figure 2. The data analysis procedure. (a) The prostate ROI was segmented manually from high-resolution structural images, and (b) the overlapping between the segmented prostate ROI and prostate range by DWI images was calculated.