Effect of phase cycling and averaging on ex vivo prostate image quality.

<p>Cropped and enlarged sections of axial scans: A: 2 PC, 4 NEX, B: 4 PC, 2 NEX, C: 8 PC, 1 NEX. Black arrowheads indicate prostate, white arrowheads urethra, FP is the fat pad used for CNR measurements and LN are the inguinal lymph nodes. Scale bar is 1 cm. Axial scan, FOV 4×4 cm, 200 µm isotropic resolution, TR/TE = 3.9/2.0 ms, FA 30°, BW ±62.5 kHz, 20 minutes.</p

Comparison of in vivo axial views acquired with A: bSSFP, B: T1wSE and C: T2wSW.

<p>Black arrows indicate prostate, white arrows indicate urethra. Scale bar is 1 cm. bSSFP images acquired using optimized sequence with 3×3 cm FOV. Spin echo sequences acquired with axial orientation, FOV 3×3 cm, TR/TE = 600/25 ms (T1w), 2000/70 ms (T2w), 1 mm slice thickness, 128×128 matrix, 234 mm in-plane resolution, and 20 (T1w) and 17 (T2w) minutes acquisition time.</p

Sections of coronal view of mouse with prostate and lymph nodes identified.

<p>Tail is at left, head at right. White arrows indicate organs of interest as follows. A: popliteal lymph nodes; B: prostate; C: iliac lymph nodes; D: inguinal lymph nodes with lymph vessels visible; E: Renal lymph nodes. Scale bar is 0.5 cm. Coronal scan, FOV 6×3.3 cm, 200 µm isotropic resolution, TR/TE = 4.6/2.3 ms, BW ±62.5 kHz, FA 40°, 8 PC, 2 NEX, 26 minutes.</p

3 views of prostate from one in-vivo scan.

<p>A: axial, B: coronal, C: sagittal. White arrows indicate prostate. Scale bar is 0.5 cm. Axial scan, FOV 3×3 cm, 200 µm isotropic resolution, TR/TE = 4.6 ms/2.3 ms, 4 PC, 2 NEX, FA 50°, BW ±62.5 kHz, 14 minutes.</p