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  • Title: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for characterization of focal liver masses: impact of parallel imaging (SENSE) and b value.
    Author: Erturk SM, Ichikawa T, Sano K, Motosugi U, Sou H, Araki T.
    Journal: J Comput Assist Tomogr; 2008; 32(6):865-71. PubMed ID: 19204445.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of parallel imaging (sensitivity encoding [SENSE] technique) on diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging, compare DW imaging techniques with 2 different b values for characterization of focal hepatic lesions, and determine apparent diffusion coefficient cutoff values. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-eight patients with 86 lesions were examined with 4 different DW techniques with 2 different b values (400 and 1000 s/mm2) and with/without the use of SENSE. The differences in signal-noise ratio values and image quality between DW images obtained with different techniques were compared using repeated-measures analysis of variance and Friedman test, respectively. A receiver operating characteristic analysis was applied to evaluate the apparent diffusion coefficient values as a discriminating variable to differentiate malignant lesions from benign ones; sensitivity and specificity were calculated. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the signal-noise ratio value and image quality between DW images obtained with b = 400 s/mm2 without SENSE (DW400) and b = 1000 s/mm2 with SENSE (DW1000SENSE). DW1000SENSE had the highest Az values for discriminating malignant from benign hepatic lesions (0.97) and hemangioma from metastasis (0.89). Using 1.63 x 10(-3) mm2/s as the cutoff value, DW1000SENSE had a sensitivity of 95.2% (40/42) and a specificity of 91.0% (40/44) for differentiating benign from malignant hepatic lesions. Using a cutoff value of 1.45 x 10(-3) mm2/s, DW1000SENSE had a sensitivity of 90.5% (19/21) and a specificity of 93.7% (15/16) for differentiating metastases from hemangiomas. CONCLUSIONS: Diffusion-weighted imaging with a b value of 1000 s/mm2 and SENSE has the potential to differentiate hepatic focal lesions with improved sensitivity and specificity.
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