Molecular Imaging 2017

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Diffusion Weighted MRI
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Signal intensity
b value (s/mm2)
Bowel
Prostate-Central
Prostate-peripheral
Bladder
Muscle
Marrow
Tumour
bD
e
S
S 

0
b0 b100 b800
Normal prostate
ADC
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


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 
0
ln
1
S
S
x
b
i
i
ADC
Apparent Diffusion
Coefficient
Gradient of ln SI change
(mm2 /s )