Publications by authors named "Shiho Isoshima"
Unstable carotid plaques are visualized as high-signal plaques (HSPs) on 3D turbo spin-echo T1-weighted black-blood vessel wall imaging (3D TSE T1-BB VWI). The purpose of this study was to compare manual segmentation and semiautomated segmentation for the quantification of carotid HSPs using 3D TSE T1-BB VWI. Twenty cervical carotid plaque lesions in 19 patients with a plaque contrast ratio of > 1.
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- The study evaluated the benefits of adding diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) to conventional MRI for the T staging of bladder cancer and analyzed its correlation with clinical and pathological parameters.
- Out of 160 patients, 79.4% had detectable tumors, and the addition of DW-MRI improved accurate diagnoses significantly, particularly in distinguishing muscle and fat invasions.
- The findings indicated that DW-MRI is an effective tool for T staging in bladder cancer and may serve as a valuable prognostic factor.