Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
662-04-012 ISMRM Abstract

Complexed Signal Average for Prostatic DWI: Improving Diagnostic Performance of Malignant from Benign Prostatic Areas on DWIs

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Takahiro Ueda1, Natsuka Yazawa2, Kaori Yamamoto2, Yuichiro Sano2, Masato Ikedo2, Masanori Ozaki2, Masahiko Nomura1,3, Takeshi Yoshikawa1,4, Daisuke Takenaka1,5, Masahiro Endo1,6, Yoshiyuki Ozawa1, Yoshiharu Ohno 1,3
1Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
2Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, Japan
3Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
4Radiology, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
5Radiology, Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center, Okazaki, Japan
6Diagnostic Radiology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Sunto-gun, Japan
Presenting Author: Yoshiharu Ohno

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6. Ueda T, Ohno Y, Yamamoto K, et al. Deep Learning Reconstruction of Diffusion-weighted MRI Improves Image Quality for Prostatic Imaging. Radiology. 2022 May;303(2):373-381.

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