Abstract #3563
            Intra-tumoral Heterogeneity in Tumor Vascularity Correlates with ADC Quantification in Renal Masses
                      Qing Yuan                     1                    , Koji Sagiyama                     2                    , Yue 						Zhang                     1                    , Naira Muradyan                     3                    , Annanth 						Madhuranthakam                     1,2                    , Yin Xi                     1                    , Ivan E 						Dimitrov                     2,4                    , Vitaly Margulis                     5                    , 						James Brugarolas                     6,7                    , Payal Kapur                     5,8                    , 						and Ivan Pedrosa                     1,2          
            
            1
           
           Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 
						Dallas, TX, United States,
           
            2
           
           Advanced 
						Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 
						Dallas, TX, United States,
           
            3
           
           iCAD, 
						Inc., Nashua, NH, United States,
           
            4
           
           Philips 
						Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH, United States,
           
            5
           
           Urology, 
						UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United 
						States,
           
            6
           
           Internal 
						Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 
						United States,
           
            7
           
           Developmental 
						Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 
						United States,
           
            8
           
           Pathology, 
						UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United 
						States
          
            
          The purpose of this study is to investigate the 
						correlation between the in vivo heterogeneity in tumor 
						perfusion and cellularity in renal masses using dynamic 
						contrast-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted imaging 
						(DWI) techniques. Quantitative DCE and DWI parameters 
						were obtained from the whole tumor, and from areas with 
						high- and low-enhancement in the tumor. High-enhancement 
						tumor regions demonstrated significant higher perfusion 
						measures as well as lower ADC values. Our results 
						confirm the correlation between intra-tumoral 
						heterogeneity in blood flow and ADC in patients with 
						renal masses.
         
 
            
				
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