Utility of ADC measurement on diffusion-weighted MRI in differentiation of prostate cancer, normal prostate and prostatitis

To determine the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in differentiation of prostate cancer from normal prostate parenchyma and prostatitis we obtained ADC values of 50 patients at b 100, 600 and 1,000 s/mm(2) diffusion gradients. The ADC values of prostate cancer group were signif...

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Published inQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 210 - 216
Main Authors Esen, Meltem, Onur, Mehmet Ruhi, Akpolat, Nusret, Orhan, Irfan, Kocakoc, Ercan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China AME Publishing Company 01.08.2013
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apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
prostate cancer
prostatitis
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging
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Summary:To determine the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in differentiation of prostate cancer from normal prostate parenchyma and prostatitis we obtained ADC values of 50 patients at b 100, 600 and 1,000 s/mm(2) diffusion gradients. The ADC values of prostate cancer group were significantly lower than normal prostate and prostatitis group at b 600 and 1,000 s/mm(2) gradients. The ADC values at high diffusion gradients may be used in differentiation prostate cancer from normal prostate and prostatitis.
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ISSN:2223-4292
2223-4306
DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2013.08.06