Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 6 Number and site distribution of metastatic bony lesions detected by MRI sequences

From: Accuracy and diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) in metastatic breast cancer

Sequence site	T1	ST	WB-DW	DWIBS
Vertebra	22	26	24	27
Pelvic bone	10	12	11	12
Shoulder girdle	6	6	5	6
Total	38 (84.5%)	44 (97.8%)	40 (88.9%)	45 (100%)
Missed lesions	7 (15.5%)	1 (2.2%)	5 (11.1%)	0 (0%)

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