FIGURE 3:

Simulations to relate potential malignant lesion-to-fibroglandular tissue signal ratio (L/F) of DW-DWSS-Cones (a) to that of conventional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) (b) for a range of tumor and fibroglandular tissue T2s. Scale for signal ratio on right with hyperintensity indicated with L/F >1.0 and hypointensity indicated with L/F <1.0. For both DW-DESS-Cones and conventional DWI the percentage of lesions with signal hyperintense to that of surrounding tissue increases with increasing diffusion gradient area. However, the mean L/F is greater for all diffusion gradient areas for conventional DWI in comparison to DW-DESS-Cones