ArticleCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2018
Diffusion-weighted imaging of rectal cancer on repeatability and cancer characterization: an effect of b-value distribution study.
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backgroundTo explore the effect of b-value distributions on the repeatability and diagnostic performance of the ADC value in rectal cancer patients using multiple b-values and mono-exponential model diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).
methodsThirty-two preoperative rectal cancer patients, without receiving neoadjuvant therapy, were scanned on a 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanner using DWI with 10 b-values ranging from 0 to 2000 s/mm
resultsPostoperative pathology tests revealed 4 patients with T1, 10 patients with T2, and 18 patients with T3 stages. There were no significant difference in age and sex between the two groups (T1-2 vs. T3). Excellent reproducibility was observed for ADC values between two observers with ICC and CV values ranging from 0.920 to 0.998, and 1.475 to 5.568%, respectively. The mean percent difference and ρ between the paired measurements was ranged from - 2.7 to 1.2% and from - 0.759 to - 0.407, respectively. The b-value combinations with the top three α values were b(0, 1000 s/mm
conclusionsThe number of b-values and their distributions influenced the repeatability of the ADC values and their diagnostic performance. The optimal b-value combination was 0 and 1000 s/mm
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