Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of breast lesions: Initial experience at Alexandria University

Objective: The purpose of our study was to investigate whether adding diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) to dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) could improve specificity and the positive predictive value (PPV) of breast MRI in differentiating benign and malignant focal breast mass lesions. Materia...

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Main Authors: Hebatallah Hassan Mamdouh Hassan, Mohamed Hamdy Mahmoud Zahran, Hassan El-Prince Hassan, Alaa-Eldin Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Gilan Abdel Shafy Fadaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-09-01
Series:Alexandria Journal of Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209050681200111X