Optimizing ultrafast dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI scan duration in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions.

Ying CaoYao HuangXianglong ChenWei WangHuifang ChenTing YinDominik NickelChangchun LiJunhua ShaoShi ZhangXiaoxia WangJiuquan Zhang

Published in: Insights into imaging (2024)

Ultrafast DCE-MRI can effectively differentiate malignant from benign breast lesions. A minimum of 67.5-sec ultrafast DCE-MRI scan duration is required to differentiate benign and malignant lesions. Extending the scan duration beyond 67.5 s did not significantly improve diagnostic accuracy.

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