Diffusion-weighted EPI of cystic ovarian lesions: Evaluation of cystic contents using apparent diffusion coefficients

Diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imagin

Diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging and ADC mapping in the differential diagnosis of ovarian cystic masses: Usefulness of detecting keratinoid substances in mature cystic teratomas

✍ Tomohiro Nakayama; Kengo Yoshimitsu; Hiroyuki Irie; Hitoshi Aibe; Tsuyoshi Tajim 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 660 KB

## Abstract ## Purpose To elucidate whether apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values calculated from echo‐planar diffusion‐weighted MR imaging (EPDWI) are useful in the differential diagnosis of ovarian cystic masses. ## Materials and Methods EPDWI was performed in 131 patients with ovarian c