Feasibility of accelerated simultaneous multislice diffusion‐weighted MRI of the prostate

To assess the feasibility of simultaneous multislice (SMS) single‐shot echo‐planar‐imaging (EPI) for accelerated diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) of the prostate.

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