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Abstract #0883

Stimulated Echo Diffusion Tensor Imaging with Varying Diffusion Times as a Probe of Breast Tissue

Jose R. Teruel 1,2 , Gene Y. Cho 3,4 , Jason Ostenson 4 , Melanie Moccaldi 5 , Joon Lee 5 , Pl E. Goa 2,6 , Tone F. Bathen 1 , Sungheon G. Kim 3,4 , Linda Moy 4,5 , and Eric E. Sigmund 3,4

1 Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 2 St.Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, 3 Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 4 Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 5 Cancer Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States, 6 Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

The purpose of this study is to characterize the length scales of breast tissue using a stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sequence with variable diffusion times. The evolution of the radial diffusivity with diffusion time was used to calculate the surface-to-volume ratio applying the Mitra early time limit model. This analysis may provide an in vivo non-invasive tool to probe diffusion lengths in healthy and pathological breast tissue.

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