Differentiation of early-stage endometrial carcinoma from benign endometrial lesions: a comparative study of six diffusion models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate differentiation between benign and malignant endometrial lesions holds substantial clinical importance. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of various diffusion models in the preoperative diagnosis of early-stage endometrial carcinoma (EC).

Methods

A total of 72 consecutive patients with benign or malignant endometrial lesions from the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province were prospectively enrolled between April 2021 and July 2023. Fourteen diffusion parameters derived from monoexponential diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), stretched exponential model (SEM), continuous-time random walk (CTRW), and fractional order calculus (FROC) models were calculated and compared. Indepen

SUBMITTER: Bi Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744118 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature