Breast cancer: regional blood flow and blood volume measured with magnetic susceptibility-based MR imaging--initial results.

Delille, Jean-Paul; Slanetz, Priscilla J; Yeh, Eren D; Kopans, Daniel B; Garrido, Leoncio · Radiology · 2002

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to quantify microcirculation in breast neoplasms with magnetic susceptibility-based contrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. With this imaging method for invasive cancers, the mean values of the ratios of tumor to normal blood flow and blood volume were significantly higher (P <.002) than those for benign or normal tissue. The method allows independent measurement of regional blood flow and blood volume in breast cancers.

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