Evaluation of acquisition strategies in IVIM-DKI brain imaging: Effects on image quality, parameter stability, and comparison with DSC perfusion.
BACKGROUND Intravoxelincoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) provide complementary information on cerebral microstructure and microvascular perfusion without contrast agents. However, clinical translation of IVIM-DKI imaging is limited by variability in b-value selection and signal averaging, lead...