The value of diffusion-weighted imaging in assessing the ADC changes of tissues adjacent to breast carcinoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To define a threshold value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with which malignant breast lesions can be distinguished from benign lesions, and to evaluate the ADC change of peri-tumor tissue in breast carcinoma by echo planar-...

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Main Authors: Peng Wang, Xin Chen, Yun Zhang, Hongwen Du, Xiaoyan Huang, Yili Zhang, Youmin Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/18