Diffusion-weighted breast imaging

Der Radiologe
K Deike-HofmannS Bickelhaupt

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast represents one of the most sensitive imaging modalities in breast cancer detection. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a sequence variation introduced as a complementary MRI technique that relies on mapping the diffusion process of water molecules thereby providing additional information about the underlying tissue. Since water diffusion is more restricted in most malignant tumors than in benign ones owing to the higher cellularity of the rapidly proliferating neoplasia, DWI has the potential to contribute to the identification and characterization of suspicious breast lesions. Thus, DWI might increase the diagnostic accuracy of breast MRI and its clinical value. Future applications including optimized DWI sequences, technical developments in MR devices, and the application of radiomics/artificial intelligence algorithms may expand the potential of DWI in breast imaging beyond its current supplementary role.

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