Comparison of various methods for quantification of apparent diffusion coefficient of head and neck lesions with HASTE diffusion-weighted MR imaging
Comparison of various methods for quantification of apparent diffusion coefficient of head and neck lesions with HASTE diffusion-weighted MR imaging
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DOI:
10.1016/j.oooo.2012.03.015
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发表时间:
2012-08-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Sano, Tsukasa
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作者:
Sakamoto, Junichiro;Sasaki, Yoshinori;Sano, Tsukasa
Objectives. The purposes of this retrospective study were to compare various methods of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement for head and neck lesions in half-Fourier single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and determine the threshold ADC value for predicting malignancy.Study Design. HASTE DW images of 46 lesions (10 cysts, 14 benign tumors, and 22 malignant tumors) were studied retrospectively. The ADC values were compared among the 0-1000 method, 500-1000 method, and weighted linear regression (WLR) fit.Results. The highest overall accuracies of 83.3%, 86.1%, and 88.9% were obtained when ADC values of 1.24 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s (0-1000 method), 0.98 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s (500-1000 method), and 1.23 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s (WLR fit), respectively, were used for the threshold.Conclusions. The present results indicate that ADC measurement with HASTE DWI is useful in predicting malignancy of head and neck lesions. (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012;114:266-276)