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Breast MRI during lactation: effects on tumor conspicuity using dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) in comparison with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parametric maps.

Noam NissanTanir AllweisTehillah MenesAsia BrodskyShani Paluch-ShimonIlana HaasOrit GolanYaheli MillerHani BarlevEinat CarmonMalka BrodskyDebbie AnabyPhilip LawsonOsnat Halshtok-NeimanAnat ShalmonMichael GotliebRenata FaermannEli KonenMiri Sklair-Levy
Published in: European radiology (2019)
• Breast cancer conspicuity on DCE MRI has decreased by approximately 60% among lactating patients compared with non-lactating controls. • DTI-derived diffusion coefficients and the anisotropy indices of PABC lesions were significantly different than those of the normal lactating fibroglandular tissue. • Among lactating patients, breast cancer conspicuity on DTI-derived parametric maps provided up to 138% increase in contrast-to-noise ratio compared with DCE imaging.
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