Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in 3.0 Tesla Breast MRI: Diagnostic Performance and Tumor Characterization Using Small Subregions vs. Whole Tumor Regions of Interest

Otso Arponent; Mazen Sudah; Amro Masarwah; Mikko Taina; Suvi Rautiainen; Mervi Könönen; Reijo Sironen; Veli-Matti Kosma; Anna Sutela; Juhana Hakumäki; Ritva Vanninen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138702

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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in 3.0 Tesla Breast MRI: Diagnostic Performance and Tumor Characterization Using Small Subregions vs. Whole Tumor Regions of Interest

Otso Arponent ,

* E-mail: Otso.Arponen@kuh.fi

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Mazen Sudah,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Amro Masarwah,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Mikko Taina,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Suvi Rautiainen,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Mervi Könönen,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Reijo Sironen,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Veli-Matti Kosma,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Anna Sutela,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Juhana Hakumäki,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Ritva Vanninen

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in 3.0 Tesla Breast MRI: Diagnostic Performance and Tumor Characterization Using Small Subregions vs. Whole Tumor Regions of Interest

Otso Arponent,
Mazen Sudah,
Amro Masarwah,
Mikko Taina,
Suvi Rautiainen,
Mervi Könönen,
Reijo Sironen,
Veli-Matti Kosma,
Anna Sutela,
Juhana Hakumäki

Published: October 12, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138702

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