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Diffusion-weighted MRI for detecting and monitoring cancer: a review of current applications in body imaging
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Review
VOLUME: 18 ISSUE: 1
P: 46-59
January 2012

Diffusion-weighted MRI for detecting and monitoring cancer: a review of current applications in body imaging

Diagn Interv Radiol 2012;18(1):46-59
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4708-11.2
Barış Türkbey 1
Ömer Aras 2
Nevzat Karabulut 3
Ahmet Tuncay Turgut 4
Erhan Akpınar 5
Sedat Alibek 6
Yuxi Pang 7
Şükrü Mehmet Ertürk 8
Riham H. El Khouli 9
David A. Bluemke 9
Peter L. Choyke 1
1. Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2. Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey
4. Departments of Radiology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
5. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
6. MVZ Radiologie & Nuklearmedizin, Fürth, Germany
7. Philips Healthcare Cleveland, Ohio, USA
8. Department of Radiology, İstanbul Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
9. Radiology and Imaging Sciences National Institutes of Health/Clinical Center and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Received Date: 02.06.2011
Accepted Date: 14.06.2011
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ABSTRACT

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which involves the acquisition of a magnetic resonance signal related to the Brownian motion of water protons in tissue, has become a useful technique for assessing tumors. In this article, we review the basic concepts, imaging strategies, and body applications of diffusion-weighted MRI in detecting and monitoring cancer.