Diagnostic and interventional imaging
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Diagn Interv Imaging · Mar 2017
Comparative StudyPreoperative grading of supratentorial gliomas using high or standard b-value diffusion-weighted MR imaging at 3T.
The goal of this study was to compare diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) using high b-value (b=3000s/mm2) to DW-MRI using standard b-value (b=1000s/mm2) in the preoperative grading of supratentorial gliomas. ⋯ ADC parameters derived from DW-MRI using a high b-value allows a better differential diagnosis of gliomas, especially for differentiating grades III and IV, than those derived from DW-MRI using a standard b-value.