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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine2025

Comparing Lesion Conspicuity and ADC Reliability in High-resolution Diffusion-weighted Imaging of the Breast.

Mami Iima, Rena Nakayama, Masako Kataoka, Martins Otikovs, Noam Nissan, Lucio Frydman, Yuta Urushibata, Maya Honda, Aika Okazawa, Hiroko Satake and 2 more

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Mami IimaDepartment of Fundamental Development for Advanced Low Invasive Diagnostic Imaging, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Rena NakayamaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Masako KataokaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Martins OtikovsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Noam NissanDepartment of Radiology, Sheba-Medical-Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Lucio FrydmanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Yuta UrushibataSiemens Healthcare K.K., Tokyo, Japan.
Maya HondaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Aika OkazawaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Hiroko SatakeDepartment of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Shinji NaganawaDepartment of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Yuji NakamotoDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.

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Abstract

purposeThis study investigated the breast lesion conspicuity and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) reliability for three different diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) protocols: spatiotemporal encoding (SPEN), single-shot echo-planar imaging (SS-EPI), and readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains (RESOLVE).

methodsSixty-five women suspected of having breast tumors were included in this study, with 44 lesions (36 malignant, 8 benign) analyzed further. Breast MRI was performed on a 3 Tesla (3T) system (MAGNETOM Prisma, Siemens) equipped with a dedicated 18-channel breast array coil for a phantom and patients. Three DWI protocols-SPEN, SS-EPI, and RESOLVE-were used. SS-EPI was acquired with an in-plane resolution of 2 × 2 mm

resultsThe average lesion conspicuity scores were significantly higher for RESOLVE (3.54 ± 0.65) than for SPEN (3.07 ± 0.91) or SS-EPI (2.48 ± 0.78) (P < 0.01). The SPEN score was significantly higher than the SS-EPI score (P < 0.01). Phantom measurements indicated marginally lower ADC values for SPEN compared to SS-EPI and RESOLVE across all concentrations. The results revealed that SPEN (b = 0, 850, 1500 sec/mm

conclusionRESOLVE provided the highest lesion conspicuity, and ADC values in breast lesions were not significantly different among sequences ranging b values 850-1000 sec/mm

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Breast NeoplasmsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreastEcho-Planar ImagingFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMiddle AgedPhantoms, ImagingReproducibility of Resultsbreast lesionsbreast magnetic resonance imaginghigh-resolution diffusion-weighted imaging

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