Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Diffusion-weighted MR for Differentiation of Breast Lesions at 3.0 T: How Does Selection of Diffusion Protocols Affect Diagnosis?

Diffusion-weighted MR for Differentiation of Breast Lesions at 3.0 T: How Does Selection of Diffusion Protocols Affect Diagnosis?
Wolfgang Bogner, Stephan Gruber, Katja Pinker, Günther Grabner, Andreas Stadlbauer, Michael Weber, Ewald Moser, Thomas H. Helbich, and Siegfried Trattnig
Radiology 2009;253 341-351

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Optimum ADC determination and DW imaging quality at 3.0 T was found with a combined b value protocol of 50 and 850 sec/mm2. This provided a high accuracy for differentiation of benign and malignant breast tumors

Standardization of b values allows improved inter-study comparisons on the diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted MR breast examinations

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