PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2016, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 563-567.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2016.06.018

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The progress in diffusion technologies in the diagnosis of breast cancer

WU Jie,LIU Cuilan,JING Zonglin   

  1. Sichuan Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging,Department of Radiology,The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College,Nanchong 637000,China
  • Received:2016-07-23 Online:2016-12-31 Published:2016-12-27

Abstract: In recent years,the diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in the study of breast cancer is increasing,which including diffusion weighted imaging,diffusion tensor imaging,intravoxel incoherent motion,and diffusion kurtosis imaging.The emergence and development of these technologies can be noninvasive quantitative evaluation of breast tumors from the molecular level.The researchers pay more and more attention to the application of breast cancers diagnosis and differential diagnosis,therapeutic effect,prognosis evaluation and so on.This paper reviews the progresses of the above four technologies in the use of the breast cancer.

Key words: Breast cancer, Diffusion weighted imaging, Diffusion tensor imaging, Intravoxel incoherent movement, Diffusion kurtorsis imaging

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