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Quantitative Evaluation of Normal Lumbosacral Plexus Nerve Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging with Multiband SENSE
Nan Zhang1, Qingwei Song2, Ailian Liu2, Renwang Pu2, Haonan Zhang2, Jiazheng Wang3, and Liangjie Lin3
1The First Affilliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 2The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 3Philips Healthcare, Beijing, China, Beijing, China
This study indicated that MB SENSE=2 was recommended for DTI on normal lumbosacral plexus nerve, which facilitated a 50% reduction in scan time than conventional SENSE accelerated DTI.  
Figure1 Upper row:b=0s/mm2,b=800s/mm2,mean diffusivity(MD),and fraction anisotropy(FA)map.Bottom row:Fiber tractography(FT)results of the iumbosacral nerves,a maximal intensity projection(MIP),FT and T2WI FFE combined,and disply of the segments at each level region of interest(ROI) placement.Dates obained by using diffusion tensor imaging based on SENSE1.6.
Figure2 Upper row:b=0s/mm2,b=800s/mm2,mean diffusivity(MD),and fraction anisotropy(FA)map.Bottom row:Fiber tractography(FT)results of the iumbosacral nerves,a maximal intensity projection(MIP),FT and T2WI FFE combined,and disply of the segments at each level region of interest(ROI) placement.Dates obained by using diffusion tensor imaging based on mutiband SENSE 2.