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Abstract #3392

Usefulness of Parameters Derived from Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Data Comparison of Two Methods in Patients with Proven Prostate Carcinoma

Timur H. Kuru1, 2, Matthias Roethke1, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer1, Bram Stieltjes1, Michael Fenchel1

1Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, BW, Germany; 2Department of Urology, UniversityHospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, BW, Germany

In recent years, several studies examined the perfusion fraction (f) as well as diffusion coefficients (D) from intravoxel incoherent motion data (IVIM) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa).

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