Identifying Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Using Background Parenchymal Enhancement Heterogeneity on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI: A Pilot Radiomics Study

• Jeff Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8638, Japan, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Fumi Kato ,

  * E-mail: fumikato@med.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Noriko Oyama-Manabe,

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Ruijiang Li,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA 94305, United States of America, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Yi Cui,

  Affiliation Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Khin Khin Tha,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8638, Japan, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Hiroko Yamashita,

  Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Kohsuke Kudo,

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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• Hiroki Shirato

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8638, Japan, Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Engineering, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Proton Beam Therapy Center, North 14 West 5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060–8648, Japan

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