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Fig. 1 | Cancer Imaging

Fig. 1

From: Improving MR sequence of 18F-FDG PET/MR for diagnosing and staging gastric Cancer: a comparison study to 18F-FDG PET/CT

Fig. 1

Comparison of two T2-weighted MR images of a patient with ulcerative moderately to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma at greater curvature of the gastric antrum showing superiority of HASTE (a) versus BLADE (b). Localized thickening of gastric antrum wall can be seen (arrow). While some artifacts are present in both images, image artifacts were rated as “not hampering image evaluation” (score 2) for T2- HASTE, but rated as“hampering image evaluation” (score 1) for T2-BLADE. Lesion conspicuity was rated as “excellently delimitable” (score 4), and“less than 25% of lesion borders definable” (score 1), respectively. In addition, T2- HASTE image showed an ulcer with crater shape, and the submucosa high signal line, which is of great value for diagnosis and staging, but not on T2-BLADE image

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