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Abstract #1480

Pulmonary Nodule/Mass Assessment by Computed Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with High b-Value: How to Improve the Detection and Differentiation Capability with Acquired Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Hisanobu Koyama 1 , Yoshiharu Ohno 1 , Shinichiro Seki 1 , Takeshi Yoshikawa 1 , Sumiaki Matsumoto 1 , Katsusuke Kyotani 2 , Masao Yui 3 , Hitoshi Yamagata 3 , and Kazuro Sugimura 1

1 Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 2 Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 3 Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, Tochigi, Japan

Computed diffusion-weighted imaging (cDWI) is the newly proposed method, and this technique has been applied recently. The application of MRI to lung cancer analysis has been a relatively recent development, and assessment by means of cDWI is also expected. The purpose of this study was therefore to directly and prospectively compare capabilities for pulmonary nodule/mass detection and differentiation of malignant from benign lesions among cDWI and really acquired DWI.

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