{
    "abstract": "To evaluate the feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fiber tractography (FT) of the normal epididymis and to determine normative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values.\nTwenty-eight healthy volunteers underwent MRI of the scrotum, including DTI on a 3.0\u00a0T system. For each anatomic part of the epididymis (head, body and tail) free-hand regions of interest were drawn and the mean ADC and FA were measured by two radiologists in consensus. Parametric statistical tests were used to determine intersubject differences in ADC and FA between the anatomic parts of each normal epididymis and between bilateral epididymides. Fiber tracts of the epididymis were reconstructed using the MR Diffusion tool.\nThe mean ADC and FA of the normal epididymis was 1.31\u2009\u00d7\u200910\nDTI and FT of the normal epididymis is feasible and allow the noninvasive assessment of the structural and geometric organization of the organ.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Clinical Radiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Christina \u039a",
            "initials": "C\u039a",
            "lastname": "Bougia"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medical Physics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Loukas",
            "initials": "L",
            "lastname": "Astrakas"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Clinical Radiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Ourania",
            "initials": "O",
            "lastname": "Pappa"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Clinical Radiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.\nDepartment of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, St. Niarchos, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Vasileios",
            "initials": "V",
            "lastname": "Maliakas"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Urology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Nikolaos",
            "initials": "N",
            "lastname": "Sofikitis"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Clinical Radiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Maria I",
            "initials": "MI",
            "lastname": "Argyropoulou"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Clinical Radiology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece. atsili@uoi.gr.",
            "firstname": "Athina C",
            "initials": "AC",
            "lastname": "Tsili"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": "DTI and FT of the normal epididymis is feasible and allow the noninvasive assessment of the structural and geometric organization of the organ.",
    "copyrights": "\u00a9 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
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    "journal": "Abdominal radiology (New York)",
    "keywords": [
        "Diffusion tensor imaging",
        "Diffusion tractography",
        "Epididymis",
        "Magnetic resonance imaging",
        "Reference values"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2024-06-05",
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    "results": "The mean ADC and FA of the normal epididymis was 1.31\u2009\u00d7\u200910",
    "title": "Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography of the normal epididymis.",
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