Diagnostic performance of kinetic parameters derived from ultrafast breast MRI in characterizing benign and malignant breast lesions: the added value of the semiautomatically based parameters.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of two combined ultrafast breast MRI kinetic parameters, combination 1 including time to enhancement [TTE], maximum slope [MS], and initial enhancement phase [IE phase] compared to combination 2 including relative enhancement [RE], maximum enhancement [ME], maximum relative enhancement [MRE], time to peak [TTP], and wash in rate in characterizing benign and malignant breast lesions.

Materials and methods

This prospective study included 264 female patients with 273 breast lesions. The ultrafast protocol was done using the TWIST sequence. The parameters for combination 1 were generated manually; however, the parameters for combination 2 were generated semi-automatically. The overall performance of the ultrafast protocol was

SUBMITTER: Karam R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722194 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature