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October 10, 2025European Radiology ExperimentalOpen Access

Virtual contrast-enhanced maximum intensity projections from high-b-value diffusion-weighted breast MRI: a feasibility study

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ALAndrzej LiebertHSHannes SchreiterDHDominique Hadler

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Overview

Retrospective study shows virtual contrast-enhanced MIPs improve sensitivity and inter-rater agreement in breast MRI, suggesting potential for enhanced lesion detection.

Key Points

  • Virtual abbreviated contrast-enhanced MIPs showed comparable sensitivity to unenhanced high b-value DWI.
  • Inter-rater agreement for lesion scoring significantly improved with virtual abbreviated contrast-enhanced MIPs.
  • Single-slice evaluation indicated sensitivity of virtual abbreviated contrast-enhanced MIPs was similar to unenhanced high b-value DWI.
  • Fewer significant artifacts were noted in virtual abbreviated contrast-enhanced compared to abbreviated images.

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Liebert et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e861a57ef2f04ca37e4838https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-025-00625-7
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