Abstract #0979
            Diffusion-Weighted MRI (DWI) with Fast Advanced Spin-Echo Sequence: Comparison of N-Stage Assessment with DWI with Echo-Planar Imaging and FDG-PET/CT in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
                      Yoshiharu Ohno                     1,2                    , Shinichiro Seki                     3                    , 						Hisanobu Koyama                     3                    , Takeshi Yoshikawa                     1,2                    , 						Sumiaki Matsumoto                     1,2                    , Yoshiko Ueno                     3                    , 						Katsusuke Kyotani                     4                    , Yoshimori Kassai                     5                    , 						Masao Yui                     5                    , Hitoshi Yamagata                     5                    , and 						Kazuro Sugimura                     3          
            
            1
           
           Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research, Kobe 
						University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, 
						Japan,
           
            2
           
           Division 
						of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, 
						Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School 
						of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan,
           
            3
           
           Division 
						of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Kobe University 
						Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan,
           
            4
           
           Center 
						for Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Kobe University 
						Hospital, KObe, Hyogo, Japan,
           
            5
           
           Toshiba 
						Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, Japan
          
            
          Clinicians are frequently asked to evaluate the accurate 
						N-stage because it is essential for choosing the 
						appropriate surgical treatment for NSCLC patients. We 
						hypothesized that diagnostic performance for N-stage 
						assessment on DWI with FASE sequence had higher than 
						that on DWI with EPI sequence and FDG-PET/CT in NSCLC 
						patients. The purpose of this study was directly compare 
						the capability for N-stage assessment of DWI using an 
						FASE sequence (FASE-DWI) with that of DWI using the EPI 
						sequence (EPI-DWI) and PET/CT in NSCLC patients.
         
				
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