Efficacy and limitations of diffusion-weighted imaging with background suppression-based whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in high-risk prostate cancer staging: A retrospective study

• Nobuyuki Nakajima ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nn3226@tokai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-032X

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• Toshiki Kazama,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Taro Takahara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tokai University School of Engineering, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Kazuya Oda,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Urology, Kouga Hospital, Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Takahiro Ogawa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Meiko Aoki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Sena Ono,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Jun Naruse,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Kumpei Takahashi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Soichiro Yuzuriha,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Tatsuya Otaki,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Tatsuya Umemoto,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0667-325X

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• Masayoshi Kawakami,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Yoshiaki Kawamura,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Sunao Shoji

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

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