Suppression of background body signals in whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging for detection of bony metastases: a pilot study

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Distribution of the studied cases according to number of regions and lesions detected by WB-DWIBS distributed per patient pathology (n = 80)

		Humerus	Clavicle	Sternum	Cervical vertebrae	Dorsal vertebrae	Lumber vertebrae	Iliac bone
Breast n = 16	R	0	4	0	0	4	8	0
Breast n = 16	L	0	2	0	0	4	2	0
Prostate n = 12	R	4	4	2	2	4	0	0
Prostate n = 12	L	4	2	4	0	2	0	0
Lymphoma n = 8	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Lymphoma n = 8	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pancreatic n = 8	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Pancreatic n = 8	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ovarian n = 4	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ovarian n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cervical n = 4	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cervical n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteosarcoma n = 4	R	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Osteosarcoma n = 4	L	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Psoas muscle n = 4	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Psoas muscle n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rectal n = 8	R	0	0	0	4	0	2	4
Rectal n = 8	L	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Endometrial n = 4	R	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Endometrial n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
bronchogenic n = 4	R	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
bronchogenic n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
HCC n = 4	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HCC n = 4	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0