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NMR IN BIOMEDICINE
卷 30, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3679
关键词
anisotropy; breast cancer; diffusion; DTI; ex vivo; MRI; restriction
资金
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant 'MIMIC' [EP/K020439/1]
- EU FP7 Virtual Physiological Human grant 'VPH-PRISM' [FP7-ICT-2011-9, 601040]
- Cancer Research UK [16463] Funding Source: researchfish
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/N021967/1, EP/M020533/1, EP/G007748/1, EP/K020439/1, EP/H046410/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0509-10143] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/H046410/1, EP/G007748/1, EP/K020439/1, EP/N021967/1, EP/M020533/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The diffusion signal in breast tissue has primarily been modelled using apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion tensor (DT) models, which may be too simplistic to describe the underlying tissue microstructure. Formalin-fixed breast cancer samples were scanned using a wide range of gradient strengths, durations, separations and orientations. A variety of one-and two-compartment models were tested to determine which best described the data. Models with restricted diffusion components and anisotropy were selected in most cancerous regions and there were no regions in which conventional ADC or DT models were selected. Maps of ADC generally related to cellularity on histology, but maps of parameters from more complex models suggest that both overall cell volume fraction and individual cell size can contribute to the diffusion signal, affecting the specificity of ADC to the tissue microstructure. The areas of coherence in diffusion anisotropy images were small, approximately 1 mm, but the orientation corresponded to stromal orientation patterns on histology.
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