Diffusion weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient in 3 tesla magnetic resonance imaging of breast lesions.
Cancer Invest
; 33(5): 159-64, 2015 May.
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| ID: mdl-25831024
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the utility of diffusion-weighted-imaging (DWI) and apparent-diffusion-coefficient (ADC) in a 3T magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI) study of breast cancer. In particular, the study aims to classify ADC-values according to histology either for benign or malignant lesions.METHODS:
110 Breast MRI with MRI-DWI sequences and quantitative evaluation of the ADC were retrospectively reviewed. Results obtained with MRI-DWI and with biopsy were analyzed and ADC values were compared to histological results.RESULTS:
MRI showed a 95.5% sensitivity and a 83.7% specificity. The mean ADC values of benign and malignant lesions were 2.06 ± 0.19 and 1.03 ± 0.07 mm(2)/s, respectively (p < .05).CONCLUSIONS:
DWI and ADC-values could help distinguishing malignant and benign breast masses.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Cancer Invest
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy