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Comparison of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Using Single-Shot Echo-Planar Imaging and Split Acquisition of Fast Spin-Echo Signal Imaging, a Non-EPI Technique, in Tumors of the Head and Neck

Hedda J. van der Hulst, Loes Braun, Bram Westerink, Georgios Agrotis, Leon C. ter Beek, Renaud Tissier, Milad Ahmadian, Roland M. Martens, Jan W. Casselman, Regina G.H. Beets-Tan, Michiel W.M. van den Brekel and Jonas A. Castelijns
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8529
Hedda J. van der Hulst
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
bGROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (H.J.v.d.H., R.G.H.B.-T.), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
cDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery (H.J.v.d.H., M.A., M.W.M.v.d.B.), the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Loes Braun
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Bram Westerink
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Georgios Agrotis
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
dDepartment of Radiology (G.A.), University Hospital of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
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Leon C. ter Beek
eDepartment of Clinical Physics (L.C.t.B.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Renaud Tissier
fBiostatistics Unit (R.T.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Milad Ahmadian
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
cDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery (H.J.v.d.H., M.A., M.W.M.v.d.B.), the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
gAmsterdam Center for Language and Communication (M.A.), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Roland M. Martens
hDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (R.M.M.), Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Jan W. Casselman
iDepartment of Radiology (J.W.C.), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
jDepartment of Radiology (J.W.C.), Arizona St Lucas Gent, Ghent, Belgium
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Regina G.H. Beets-Tan
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
bGROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (H.J.v.d.H., R.G.H.B.-T.), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
kDepartment of Regional Health Research (R.G.H.B.-T.), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Michiel W.M. van den Brekel
cDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery (H.J.v.d.H., M.A., M.W.M.v.d.B.), the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
lDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (M.W.M.v.d.B.), Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Jonas A. Castelijns
aFrom the Department of Radiology (H.J.v.d.H., L.B., B.W., G.A., M.A., R.G.H.B.-T., J.A.C.), Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Hedda J. van der Hulst, Loes Braun, Bram Westerink, Georgios Agrotis, Leon C. ter Beek, Renaud Tissier, Milad Ahmadian, Roland M. Martens, Jan W. Casselman, Regina G.H. Beets-Tan, Michiel W.M. van den Brekel, Jonas A. Castelijns
Comparison of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Using Single-Shot Echo-Planar Imaging and Split Acquisition of Fast Spin-Echo Signal Imaging, a Non-EPI Technique, in Tumors of the Head and Neck
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