746-747 / 2001
Prostate MRI: some practical points on DWI
- DWI/ADC provide functional information about the behavior of water
molecules in tissue.
- Reduced diffusion of water = increased cellularity of malignant lesions that
restricts water motion in a reduced extracellular space
- Reduced diffusion of water = prostate cancer
- Low signal intensity on the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps
(dark grey/black)