Utility of Difussion Kurtosis Imaging for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Musculoskeletal Lesions

Utility of Difussion Kurtosis Imaging for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Musculoskeletal Lesions - Utility of DKI for Diffrentiation of Musculoskeletal Lesions

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000024381

Enrollment

Registered

2016-11-01

Start date

2016-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

musculoskeletal lesion

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Osteolytic lesions or soft tissue lesions. Size > 2cm. Before operation or radiation therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Younger than 18 years. Contraindications to MRI (incompatible metal implants or pacemakers).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We scan diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for about 40 patients with benign/malignant musculoskeletal lesions, and we perform statistical analysis for examination whether mean kurtosis or ADC is useful for differentiation.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactOgawa Masaki

Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science. Radiology

eternal@fj9.so-net.ne.jp+81-52-853-8276

Outcome results