Diffusion-weighted imaging of breast begins to come of age

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the breast offers enormous future potential as an imaging biomarker, but multicenter trials are essential to validate single-center studies and establish DWI as a useful clinical decision-making tool, according to Dr. Julia Camps-Herrero, president of the European Society of Breast Imaging.

Breast MRI of a 42-year-old female patient with right breast carcinoma.

Breast MRI of a 42-year-old female patient with right breast carcinoma.

Breast MRI

DW-MRI of the breast: a pictorial review, Insights into Imaging

Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advances, Insights into Imaging

High-Resolution, 3D Diffusion-Weighted Breast MRI with DESS, Body MRI Research Group (BMR)

Breast MRI during pregnancy and lactation: clinical challenges and technical advances, Insights into Imaging

Breast MRI: Techniques and Indications

Influence of residual fat signal on diffusion kurtosis MRI of suspicious mammography findings

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for the Discrimination of Benign and Malignant Breast Masses; Utility of ADC and Relative ADC - Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

MRI valuable in identifying breast lesions, study finds

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of locally advanced breast carcinoma: the optimal time window of predicting the early response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, Cancer Imaging