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Role of diffusion weighted mr imaging in the evaluation of malignant mediastinal lesions /

Eman Zaki Bassyouni Nossair

Role of diffusion weighted mr imaging in the evaluation of malignant mediastinal lesions / دور الرنين المغناطيسي بخاصية الإنتشار في تقييم آفات المنصف الخبيثة Eman Zaki Bassyouni Nossair ; Supervised Youssriah Yahia Sabri , Randa Osama Kaddah , Hisham Samir Wahba - Cairo : Eman Zaki Bassyouni Nossair , 2017 - 145 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis

Influenced by the constantly evolving approach to non-invasive patient management in the era of functional imaging, investigators demonstrated the diagnostic potential of DW-MR images and calculated ADC values to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors including those of the mediastinum. Hence, serving as a virtual biopsy and in some cases preventing unnecessary diagnostic intervention. Conducted studies showed that the ADC value of malignant mediastinal lesions is significantly lower than of benign lesions and determined cut off ADC values to differentiate the two; concluding that ADC value is a promising noninvasive, imaging parameter that helps assess and characterize mediastinal tumors



ADC Diffusion weighted mr imaging Malignant mediastinal lesions