Optimization of b‐value distribution for four mathematical models of prostate cancer diffusion‐weighted imaging using b values up to 2000 s/mm2: Simulation and repeatability study

To find optimal b‐value distributions for monoexponential, stretched exponential, kurtosis, and biexponential models of prostate cancer (PCa) diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) using simulations and repeated DWI examinations.

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