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ArticleJapanese journal of radiology2024

Short repetition time diffusion-weighted imaging improves visualization of prostate cancer.

Atsushi Higaki, Tsutomu Tamada, Ayumu Kido, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Kentaro Ono, Yoshiyuki Miyaji, Koji Yoshida, Hiroyasu Sanai, Kazunori Moriya, Akira Yamamoto

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Article in Japanese journal of radiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prostate Diffusion-weighted Imaging: Selecting the Optimal Repetition Time Using Synthetic Imaging Techniques.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
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10 authors.

Atsushi HigakiDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan. ahah@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-4372
Tsutomu TamadaDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Ayumu KidoDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Mitsuru TakeuchiDepartment of Radiology, Radiolonet Tokai, Nagoya, 460-8501, Japan.
Kentaro OnoDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Yoshiyuki MiyajiDepartment of Urology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Koji YoshidaDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Hiroyasu SanaiDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Kazunori MoriyaDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.
Akira YamamotoDepartment of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to assess whether short repetition time (TR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) could improve diffusion contrast in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) compared with long TR (conventional) reference standard DWI. MATERIALS AND

methodsOur Institutional Review Board approved this retrospective study and waived the need for informed consent. Twenty-five patients with suspected PCa underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) using a 3.0-T system. DWI was performed with TR of 1850 ms (short) and 6000 ms (long) with b-values of 0, 1000, and 2000s/mm

resultsRegarding b1000, CNR and visual score were significantly higher in short TR compared with long TR (P = .003 and P = .002, respectively), without significant difference in SNR (P = .21). Considering b2000, there was no significant difference in visual score between short and long TR (P = .07). However, SNR and CNR in long TR were higher (P = .01 and P = .04, respectively). ADC showed significant correlations, without apparent bias for ADC between short and long TR for both b-values. For diagnostic performance of DWI between short and long TR for both b-values, one out of five readers noted a significant difference, with the short TR for both b-values demonstrating superior performance.

conclusionsOur data showed that the short TR DWI

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Diffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingProstatic NeoplasmsAgedAged, 80 and overHumansImage EnhancementMaleMiddle AgedProstateReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySignal-To-Noise RatioApparent diffusion coefficientDiffusion-weighted imagingMagnetic resonance imagingProstate cancerRepetition time

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