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06 December 2021: Database Analysis

Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of 103 Patients with Rectal Adenocarcinoma Identifies the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient as an Imaging Marker for Tumor Invasion and Regional Lymph Node Involvement

Jaromir Kargol 1ABCDEF* , Wojciech Rudnicki 2CDE , Jakub Kenig 3DF , Justyna Filipowska 4BE , Ewa Kaznowska 5BE , Tomasz Kluz 6BE , Wiesław Guz 4BE , Elżbieta Łuczyńska 4ACDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934941

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e934941

Figure 1 Magnetic resonance (MRI) scans of a 57-year-old man with rectal cancer. A thickened rectal wall on (A) axial and (B) sagittal T2-weighted image (long arrows). High signal on (C) diffusion-weighted image b=1000 s/mm2 and low signal on (D) corresponding apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map indicates the presence of water diffusion restriction, the feature of malignancy (short arrows). (D) Region of interest (ROI) of about 1 cm2 is placed within the borders of the tumor on the ADC map (circle). Measurement of mean ADC value and in-ROI ADC standard deviation. Medixant, RadiAnt DICOM Viewer (version 2020.2.3).

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