Diffusion MRI of the breast: Current status and future directions

M Iima, M Honda, EE Sigmund… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) is increasingly being incorporated into routine breast MRI
protocols in many institutions worldwide, and there are abundant breast DWI indications …

Perfusion-driven intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI in oncology: applications, challenges, and future trends

M Iima - Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Recent developments in MR hardware and software have allowed a surge of interest in
intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI in oncology. Beyond diffusion-weighted imaging …

Comparison of methods for estimation of the intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion coefficient (D) and perfusion fraction (f)

O Jalnefjord, M Andersson, M Montelius… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2018 - Springer
Objective Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) shows great potential in many applications, eg,
tumor tissue characterization. To reduce image-quality demands, various IVIM analysis …

New Approaches and Recommendations for Risk‐Adapted Breast Cancer Screening

MI Tsarouchi, A Hoxhaj… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Population‐based breast cancer screening using mammography as the gold standard
imaging modality has been in clinical practice for over 40 years. However, the limitations of …

Optimization of b‐value schemes for estimation of the diffusion coefficient and the perfusion fraction with segmented intravoxel incoherent motion model fitting

O Jalnefjord, M Montelius, G Starck… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) modeling for estimation of the diffusion
coefficient (D) and perfusion fraction (f) is increasingly popular, but no consensus on …

Diffusion breast MRI: current standard and emerging techniques

AM Mendez, LK Fang, CH Meriwether… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The role of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) as a biomarker has been the subject of active
investigation in the field of breast radiology. By quantifying the random motion of water …

Application of a simplified method for estimating perfusion derived from diffusion-weighted MR imaging in glioma grading

M Cao, S Suo, X Han, K Jin, Y Sun, Y Wang… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of a simplified method based on diffusion-weighted
imaging (DWI) acquired with three b-values to measure tissue perfusion linked to …

Accuracy of breast cancer lesion classification using intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion‐weighted imaging is improved by the inclusion of global or local prior …

I Vidić, NP Jerome, TF Bathen, PE Goa… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Diffusion‐weighted MRI (DWI) has potential to noninvasively characterize
breast cancer lesions; models such as intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) provide …

Simplified perfusion fraction from diffusion-weighted imaging in preoperative prediction of mutation in WHO grade II–III gliomas: comparison with dynamic contrast …

X Wang, M Cao, H Chen, J Ge, S Suo… - Radiology and Oncology, 2020 - sciendo.com
Background. Effect of isocitr ate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation in neovascularization
might be linked with tissue perfusion in gliomas. At present, the need of injection of contrast …

Advanced methods for IVIM parameter estimation

PT While - Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI, 2018 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Parameter estimation by fitting a biexponential model to noisy data is a notoriously difficult
problem [1–5]. Using synthetic data and nonlinear least squares (NLLS) curve fitting …