Implementation of Dual-Source RF Excitation in 3 T MR-Scanners Allows for Nearly Identical ADC Values Compared to 1.5 T MR Scanners in the Abdomen

• Raghuram K. Rao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Raghuram K. Rao, Philipp Riffel

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Philipp Riffel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Raghuram K. Rao, Philipp Riffel

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Mathias Meyer,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Paul J. Kettnaker,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Andreas Lemke,

  Affiliation Department of Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Stefan Haneder,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Stefan O. Schoenberg,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Henrik J. Michaely

  * E-mail: henrik.michaely@umm.de

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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