ReviewSkeletal radiology2018
Diffusion weighted imaging demystified: the technique and potential clinical applications for soft tissue imaging.
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- Comparison of the impact of rectal susceptibility artifacts in prostate magnetic resonance imaging on subjective evaluation and deep learning: a two-center retrospective study.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Value of turbo spin echo-based diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant solitary pulmonary lesions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Diffuse-Type Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor: What Are the Important Findings on the Initial and Follow-Up MRI?Cancers · 2024Review
- Pitfalls of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging: Clinical Utility of T2 Shine-through and T2 Black-out for Musculoskeletal Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Do contrast-enhanced and advanced MRI sequences improve diagnostic accuracy for indeterminate lipomatous tumors?La Radiologia medica · 2022Article
- Semi-Automated Segmentation of Bone Metastases from Whole-Body MRI: Reproducibility of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Measurements.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Performance of Diffusion MRI for differentiating Benign and Malignant Nonfatty Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of Cancer · 2021Article
- Values of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Lesion-to-Spinal Cord Signal Intensity in Diagnosing Solitary Pulmonary Lesions: Turbo Spin-Echo versus Echo-Planar Imaging Diffusion-Weighted Imaging.BioMed research international · 2021Article
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- Evaluation of giant cell tumors by diffusion weighted imaging-fractional ADC analysis.Skeletal radiology · 2019Article
- Diffusion Kurtosis MR Imaging versus Conventional Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for Distinguishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma from Benign Hepatic Nodules.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2019Article
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- Applications of PET-MRI in musculoskeletal disease.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2018Review
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Abstract
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a fast, non-contrast technique that is readily available and easy to integrate into an existing imaging protocol. DWI with apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping offers a quantitative metric for soft tissue evaluation and provides information regarding the cellularity of a region of interest. There are several available methods of performing DWI, and artifacts and pitfalls must be considered when interpreting DWI studies. This review article will review the various techniques of DWI acquisition and utility of qualitative as well as quantitative methods of image interpretation, with emphasis on optimal methods for ADC measurement. The current clinical applications for DWI are primarily related to oncologic evaluation: For the assessment of de novo soft tissue masses, ADC mapping can serve as a useful adjunct technique to routine anatomic sequences for lesion characterization as cyst or solid and, if solid, benign or malignant. For treated soft tissue masses, the role of DWI/ADC mapping in the assessment of treatment response as well as recurrent or residual neoplasm in the setting of operative management is discussed, especially when intravenous contrast medium cannot be given. Emerging DWI applications for non-neoplastic clinical indications are also reviewed.
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