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Fig. 3 | Breast Cancer Research

Fig. 3

From: Diffusion tensor imaging for characterizing tumor microstructure and improving diagnostic performance on breast MRI: a prospective observational study

Fig. 3

Malignant non-mass enhancement detected in a 58-year-old patient undergoing MRI for high risk screening. a DCE post-contrast image demonstrates a 33-mm linear heterogeneous non-mass enhancement in the posterior left breast 2 o’clock (arrow), assigned a BI-RADS category 4. DTI-derived parametric maps of b apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), c fractional anisotropy, and eigenvalues d λ1, e λ2, and f λ3 are shown for the lesion regions overlaid in color on the b = 800 s/mm2 image. ADC, λ1, λ2, and λ3 are in units of 10−3 (mm2/s). The lesion demonstrated moderate ADC (mean ADC = 1.47 × 10−3 mm2/s) with FA = 0.25, λ1 = 1.83 × 10−3 mm2/s, λ2 = 1.47 × 10−3 mm2/s, and λ3 = 1.11 × 10−3 mm2/s. MR-guided biopsy revealed DCIS

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