Computed diffusion-weighted imaging with a low-apparent diffusion coefficient-pixel cut-off technique for breast cancer detection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to compare the image quality and diagnostic performance of computed diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with low-apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)-pixel cut-off technique (cDWI cut-off) and actual measured DWI (mDWI).

Methods

Eighty-seven consecutive patients with malignant breast lesions and 72 with negative breast lesions who underwent breast MRI were retrospectively evaluated. Computed DWI with high b-values of 800, 1200, and 1500 s/mm² and ADC cut-off thresholds of none, 0, 0.3, and 0.6 (×10^-3 mm²/s) were generated from DWI with two b-values (0 and 800 s/mm²). To identify the optimal conditions, two radiologists evaluated the fat suppression and lesion reduction failure using a cut-off technique. The

SUBMITTER: Kazama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10607411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature