Breast diffusion-weighted MRI: Comparison of tetrahedral versus orthogonal diffusion sensitization for detection and localization of mass lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1375-1381

  Ueguchi, Takashi ^a,d   Yamada, Sachiko ^a   Mihara, Naoki ^b   Koyama, Yoshihiro ^a   Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^c   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

breast; diagnostic accuracy; diffusion weighted MRI; lesion localization; signal to noise ratio; tetrahedral diffusion gradients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; ORTHOGONAL DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TETRAHEDRAL DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VISIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958293725     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22560     Document Type: Article

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