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Abstract #3686

Diffusion Properties of Ovaries in Pre-Menopausal Women Using a Bi-Exponential Model

Ana E Rodríguez-Soto1, Star K Huynh2, Claire H Meriwether3, Nawal Siddiqui3, Roshan Karunamuni3, Anders M Dale1, and Rebecca A Rakow-Penner3
1Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 2School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 3University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate as it is commonly diagnosed in advanced stages. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has shown great promise in detecting cancer in multiple other organs. However, the diffusion characteristics of premenopausal ovaries are difficult to differentiate from malignancies with standard diffusion techniques. In this work we characterized the diffusion properties of ovaries in a group of young women to inform the acquisition and post-processing of DWI to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis.

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