Publication Name	World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID	3448
Country	United States

Received	2013-05-01 12:55
Peer-Review Started	2013-05-03 10:25
To Make the First Decision	2013-05-28 12:04
Return for Revision	2013-05-28 16:59
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Second Decision	2013-08-06 08:29
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-08-06 11:30
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Category	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Impact of field strength and RF excitation on abdominal diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Philipp Riffel, Raghuram K Rao, Stefan Haneder, Mathias Meyer, Stefan O Schoenberg and Henrik J Michaely
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Corresponding Author	Dr. Raghuram K Rao, MD, the Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Musculoskeletal Radiology, 601 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. rrao2@jhmi.edu
Key Words	Abdominal imaging; Diffusion weighted; 3.0T; Radiofrequency excitation; Signal-to-noise ratio
Core Tip	With the popularity of 3.0T imaging systems, radiologists have commonly found limitations in abdominal imaging with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) secondary to B1 in homogeneity artifacts at these higher magnet strengths. Because artifacts disturb diagnostic value of abdominal DWI, 1.5T systems have been mainly used for this particular purpose. However, newer techniques involving 3.0T using dual-source parallel radiofrequency (RF) excitation with parallel transmission and independent RF shimming have recently been developed which may succeed in addressing such limitations. Our study illustrates both the objective and subjective utility in the abdominal distribution while imaging under a 3.0T system which incorporates dual-source RF excitation.
Publish Date	2013-10-01 17:43
Citation	Riffel P, Rao RK, Haneder S, Meyer M, Schoenberg SO, Michaely HJ. Impact of field strength and RF excitation on abdominal diffusion-weighted MR imaging. World J Radiol 2013; 5(9): 334-344
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v5/i9/334.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v5.i9.334

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