How to Improve the Conspicuity of Breast Tumors on Computed High b-value Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences : MRMS : an Official Journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Takayuki TamuraKazuo Awai

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the tumor conspicuity on actual measured diffusion-weighted images (aDWIs) and computed DWI (cDWI) of human breast tumors and to examine, by use of a phantom, whether cDWI improves their conspicuity. We acquired DWIs (b-value 0, 700, 1400, 2100, 2800, and 3500 s/mm2) of 148 women with breast tumors. cDWIs with b-values of 1400, 2100, 2800, and 3500 s/mm2 were calculated from aDWI scans where b = 0 and 700 s/mm2; the tumor signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was compared at each b-value. We also subjected a phantom harboring a breast tumor and mammary glands to DWI. For reference we used two models. The model with b = 0, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and 3000 s/mm2 was our multiple b-value model. In the single b-value model, we applied b = 0 and 1000 s/mm2 and changed the number of excitations (NEX). cDWIs were generated at b = 0 and 1000 and used to compare the SNR, the contrast ratio (CR), and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). In the phantom study, the CNR of cDWI generated from high SNR images obtained at lower b-values and a high NEX was outperformed aDWI. However, the CR and CNR on cDWI obtained using the same scanning parameters were inferior to aDWI scans. Similarly, in the clinical study, breast t...Continue Reading

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