Quantitative diffusion weighted imaging for differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions: The influence of the choice of b‐values

To evaluate the influence of the choice of different combinations of b‐values on the ADC and on the diagnostic performance of quantitative diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in breast lesions.

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