RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Both single-shot diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging (EPI) and line scan diffusion imaging (LSDI) can be used to obtain magnetic resonance diffusion tensor data and to calculate directionally invariant diffusion anisotropy indices, ie, indirect measures of the organization and coherence of white matter fibers in the brain. To date, there has been no comparison of EPI...

Echo-planar imaging (EPI) is very sensitive to patient-induced field inhomogeneity caused by susceptibility changes between different anatomical regions. This results in geometric and intensity distortions in the image, especially near tissue/air and tissue/bone interfaces. A new approach is presented to reduce geometric and intensity distortions in EPI. A phase-encoded multireference scan is u...

PURPOSE The use of SPECT/CT in bone scans has been widespread in recent years, but there are no specific guidelines concerning the optimal acquisition protocol. Two strategies have been proposed: targeted SPECT/CT for equivocal lesions detected on planar images or systematic whole-body SPECT/CT. Our aim was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the two approaches. METHODS 212 consecutive pati...

Y. Bito, K. Hirata, T. Ebisu, Y. Kawai, Y. Otake, S. Hirata, T. Shirai, Y. Soutome, H. Ochi, M. Umeda, T. Higuchi, and C. Tanaka Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo, Japan, Neurosurgery, Nantan General Hospital, Nantan-shi, Kyoto, Japan, Medical Informatics, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Nantan-shi, Kyoto, Japan, Neurosurgery, Meiji University of Integra...

In this paper instability of planar anisotropic sheet metal during a few forming processes is investigated for the first time. For this reason components of the constitutive tangent tensor for planar anisotropic sheets are developed. By using the above tensor location of necking is predicted. Direction of the shear band is also predicted using the acoustic tensor. A finite element program is pr...

let r be a fnite commutative ring and n(r) be the set of non unit elements of r. the non unit graph of r, denoted by gamma(r), is the graph obtained by setting all the elements of n(r) to be the vertices and defning distinct vertices x and y to be adjacent if and only if x - yin n(r). in this paper, the basic properties of gamma(r) are investigated and some characterization results regarding co...

Introduction: The gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) receptor is over expressed in a variety of common human tumors. Radiolabeled bombesin analogues have exhibited high binding affinity for these receptors. The aim of this study was to assess the value of a new 99mTc-bombesin analog in the differentiation of malignant from benign breast tumors. Methods: 99mTc-bombesin scans ...

PURPOSE To demonstrate that the temporal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) accelerated echo planar imaging (EPI) can be enhanced and made more spatially uniform by using a fast low angle shot (FLASH) based calibration scan. METHODS EPI of a phantom and human brains were acquired at 3 Tesla without and with GRAPPA acceleration f...