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Spatial resolution was matched between systems and sequences. Geometric distortion, contrast ((uterine myometrium signal intensity (SI) \u2212 gluteal muscle SI)\/(uterine myometrium SI + gluteal muscles SI)), and ADC values of the uterine myometrium and lesions were compared. Qualitative assessment included ghosting artifacts, image contrast, and overall image quality.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n There was no significant difference in patient demographics between 1.5T and 3.0T groups. TSE-DWI demonstrated significantly less distortion than EPI-DWI at both field strengths (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .05). Contrast was higher with TSE-DWI than EPI-DWI at 3.0T (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .05) and was greater at 3.0T than 1.5T. ADC values of malignancies differed significantly from the uterus and benign lesions across all sequences and field strengths (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .05). TSE-DWI showed higher ghosting artifact scores than EPI-DWI at 3.0T (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .019), but no other significant differences in qualitative evaluation were noted.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n TSE-DWI provided superior contrast with reduced distortion compared to EPI-DWI in the female pelvis at both field strengths, with TSE-DWI demonstrating greater effectiveness at 3.0T.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20584601251339018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,2]],"date-time":"2025-05-02T15:00:42Z","timestamp":1746198042000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparisons of turbo spin-echo and echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging of the female pelvic region on 1.5T and 3.0T magnetic resonance systems"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Hisatoshi","family":"Araki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1623-1375","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeshi","family":"Yoshizako","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9157-643X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rika","family":"Yoshida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8120-4034","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hiroya","family":"Asou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yasushi","family":"Kaji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shimane University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mri.2010.07.013"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acra.2018.11.016"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/MD.0000000000010447"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3174\/ajnr.A4930"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nic.2006.02.005"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mrm.28824"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2058460121994737"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.2282011860"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_10_2","first-page":"425","article-title":"Diffusion MRI: from physics to medicine","volume":"19","author":"Le Bihan D","year":"2001","unstructured":"Le Bihan D, Mangin JF, Poupon C, et al. 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