Predicting the Histopathological Grade of Cerebral Gliomas Using High b value MR DW Imaging at 3‐Tesla

Our aim was to prospectively assess whether magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion‐weighted (DW) imaging using high b values can predict better than b value of 1,000 s/mm2 the histopathological grade of cerebral gliomas.

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