Quantitative DWI implemented after DCE-MRI yields increased specificity for BI-RADS 3 and 4 breast lesions.

Hildebrand DijkstraMonique D DorriusMirjam WielemaRuud M PijnappelMatthijs OudkerkPaul E Sijens

Published in: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI (2016)

Quantitative DWI has a lower NPV compared to DCE-MRI for evaluation of breast lesions and may therefore not be able to replace DCE-MRI; when implemented after DCE-MRI as problem solver for BI-RADS 3 and 4 lesions, the combined specificity improves significantly. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:1642-1649.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted
diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
high resolution