Accelerated Diffusion Weighted Imaging in the Liver with Blipped CAIPIRINHA Based Simultaneous Multi Slice Acquisition

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abdomen accelerated acceleration acquisition acquisitions addition adiabatic anterior apparent apply artifacts audience background biomedical blinded blipped blips body brain breathing called characterizing clinical clinicians coefficient coils comparable consider correlated correlation cover coverage criterion datasets defined demonstration depending desired detecting deviation diagnosed diagnosis diagnostic diffusion displacing distributed done either encoding entire equivalent excited exciting faster feasibility frank free general goal grade gradient haven henceforth heterogeneous highly hospital identical improved individually initial intensity intention intrinsic inversion investigation kidney leading lesion liver manually mass measured medical medicine metrics miller minimize misalignment motion noise northwestern outliers overall partial pathologies pathology patient patients phantom plot possibilities posterior potentially preserving previously promising pulse qualitative quality quantitative radiologists radiology reads reception reconstructing reduced reducing reduction related relies researchers resolution respiratory sample sampling saturation scanned scanner scatter school selective shot simultaneously since slice slices solutions space spatial spectrally statistically subjective sufficient target throughout tissue utility validation volume world years