Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40249551›Full record

ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2025

Deep learning reconstruction of diffusion-weighted imaging with single-shot echo-planar imaging in endometrial cancer: a comparison with multi-shot echo-planar imaging.

Taewoo Heo, Nam Kyung Lee, Suk Kim, Seung Baek Hong, Dong Soo Suh, Jin You Kim, Ji Won Lee, Tae Un Kim

Abstract readComparative Study
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Abdominal radiology (New York), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Taewoo HeoDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Nam Kyung LeeDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea. leenk77@hanmail.net.
Suk KimDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Seung Baek HongDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Dong Soo SuhDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Jin You KimDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Ji Won LeeDepartment of Radiology, and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Tae Un KimDepartment of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of deep learning reconstruction (DLR) in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with single-shot echo-planar imaging (SSEPI) for endometrial cancer, compared to multiplexed sensitivity-encoding (MUSE) DWI.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 31 women with surgically confirmed endometrial cancer who underwent preoperative pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including DWI. Qualitative analysis including overall image quality, susceptibility artifacts, sharpness of the uterine edge, and lesion conspicuity were compared among conventional SSEPI (SSEPI-C), SSEPI with DLR (SSEPI-DL), and MUSE using the Friedman's test. Quantitative analysis including the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values, noise, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were also compared among three DWI sequences using the Friedman's test. In addition, the diagnostic accuracy for deep myometrial invasion was compared to three DWI sequences using Cochran's Q test.

resultsThe scores of overall image quality, sharpness of the uterine edge, and lesion conspicuity in SSEPI-DL were higher than SSEPI-C (p < 0.001) with no significant difference compared to MUSE (p > 0.05). Noise in SSEPI-DL was lower than SSEPI-C (p < 0.001), with no significant difference compared to MUSE (p > 0.05). SNR and CNR in SSEPI-DL were also superior to SSEPI-C (p < 0.001), and comparable to MUSE (p > 0.05). The diagnostic accuracy for detecting deep myometrial invasion showed no significant difference among SSEPI-C, SSEPI-DL and MUSE (p > 0.05).

conclusionDLR improves the image quality of DWI in endometrial cancer, demonstrating image quality equivalent to that of SSEPI-DL and MUSE. SSEPI-DL can be an alternative to MUSE in female pelvic MRI, with the benefit of significantly shortened scan time.

Indexed as

Deep LearningDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingEcho-Planar ImagingEndometrial NeoplasmsImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSignal-To-Noise RatioDeep learningDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingEndometrial neoplasmsImage reconstructionMagnetic resonance imaging

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.