The rationale for proposing a magnetic resonance slow diffusion metric and its proof-of-concept testing showing spleen parenchyma and hepatocellular carcinoma have faster diffusion than liver parenchyma
The spleen has a faster diffusion than the liver, HCCs have a faster diffusion than the adjacent liver parenchyma, and hemangiomas have a faster diffusion than simple cysts. Although it is known that cysts have a substantially longer T2 than hemangiomas, SDC of hemangioma was higher than that of cysts, suggesting 'T2 effect' is minimized for SDC.
Authors
- Feng Xu
- Ben‐Heng Xiao
- Yi-Xiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-4228)
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-2025-537
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- MRI in cancer diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.44