Takuro Kamiyama1, Yoshihiko Fukukura2,
Koji Takumi2, Toshikazu Shindo2, Yuichi Kumagae2,
Akihiro Tateyama2, Takahiro Tsuji3, Tsutomu Douchi3,
Masayuki Nakajo2
1Department of Radiology, National
Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, 8-1 Shiroyama-cho, Kagoshima
City, Kagoshima, Japan; 2Department of Radiology, Kagoshima
University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1
Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan; 3Department of
Reproductive Pathophysiology and Obstetrics-Gynecology, Kagoshima University
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima
City, Kagoshima, Japan
Uterine
endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy. The
development of MR scanner with high field strength resulted in improvement in
diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging. Apparent diffusion coefficient value of the
tissue which is derived from DW imaging has been known to characterize
malignant or benign lesions. The goal of this study is to evaluate the
feasibility of DW imaging at 3T MRI for uterine endometrial cancer. The
results of our study suggest that DW imaging of uterine endometrial lesions
is feasible in differentiating endometrial cancer from normal endometrium and
endometrial benign lesions such as endometrial hyperplasia and polyps.
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