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                                                                                    <journal-title>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3061-9904</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18229/kocatepetip.1122866</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>YUMUŞAK DOKU KİTLELERİNDE DİFÜZYON AĞIRLIKLI GÖRÜNTÜLEME: GÖRÜNÜR DİFÜZYON KATSAYISI ÖLÇÜMÜ MALİGN LEZYONLARI BENİGNLERDEN AYIRABİLİR Mİ ?</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING OF SOFT TISSUE MASSES: CAN APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN MALIGNANT AND BENIGN LESIONS ?</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6421-6236</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Oğuzman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, RADYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2763-4906</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çalışır</surname>
                                    <given-names>Cüneyt</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, RADYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-5516</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>İnan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ulukan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, CERRAHİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ORTOPEDİ VE TRAVMATOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20231009">
                    <day>10</day>
                    <month>09</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
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                                        <volume>24</volume>
                                        <issue>4</issue>
                                        <fpage>481</fpage>
                                        <lpage>487</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220529">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>29</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20230226">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>AMAÇ: Yumuşak doku tümörlerinin değerlendirilmesinde di-füzyon ağırlıklı görüntüleme (DAG) yöntemi ile elde olunan gö-rünür difüzyon katsayısı (apparent diffusion coefficient, ADC) haritalamasının benign ve malign lezyonların ayrımında etkinli-ğini değerlendirmek ve bu lezyonların ayrımında kullanılabile-cek niceliksel ADC eşik değeri oluşturmak.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Bu retrospektif çalışmaya yumuşak doku kitleleri nedeniyle DAG yapılan ve histopatolojik sonuçları mevcut olan toplam 34 hasta dahil edildi. Patolojik sonuçlarına göre hastalar benign ve malign lezyonlara sahip olarak katego-rize edildi. Ölçümler serbest el ilgi bölgesi tekniği kullanılarak yapıldı. Değerlendirilen parametrelerde herhangi bir fark olup olmadığı araştırıldı (boyut, yaş, cinsiyet, minimum, ortalama ve maksimum ADC değerleri). DAG’de değerlendirilen parametre-ler için kesim değeri Alıcı işlem karakteristikleri (ROC), Receiver Operating Characteristic) analizi ile belirlendi. BULGULAR: Minimum ADC değeri ortalaması benign yumuşak doku kitlelerinde 1,28x10-³mm²/s, malign yumuşak doku kit-lelerinde 1,00x10-³mm²/s ölçüldü. Minimum ADC değerleri iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık göstermekte-dir (p=0,007). Minimum ADC için ≤1,01x10-³mm²/s eşik değerini kullanarak %78,95 duyarlılık ve %73,33 özgüllük ile yumuşak doku kitlelerini karakterize edilmesini sağladık. Ortalama ve maksimum ADC değerleri iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılığa sahip değildir (sırasıyla p=0,319; 0,960). SONUÇ: DAG yumuşak doku kitlelerin değerlendirilmesinde benign ve malign ayrımında etkili bir yöntemdir ve minimum ADC hesaplamasında ≤1,01x10-³mm²/s eşik değerinin kullanımı klinik yararlılığı artıracaktır.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping obtained using the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) method in the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions of soft tissue tumors and to establish a quantitative cut-off value for ADC to be used in the differentiation of these lesions.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included a total of 34 patients who underwent DWI due to soft tissue masses and had available histopathological results. According to the pathological results; patients were categorized as having benign and malignant lesions. Measurements were performed using the free hand-drawn region of interest technique. It was investigated whether there was any difference in the evaluated parameters (size, age, gender, and minimum, mean and maximum ADC values). The cut-off value for the parameters evaluated in DWI was determined by the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis.RESULTS: The mean minimum ADC value was 1,28×10-³mm²/s in benign soft tissue masses and 1,00×10-³mm²/s in malignant soft tissue masses. Minimum ADC values differ statistically between the two groups. (p=0,007). A cut-off value of ≤1,01×10-³mm²/s for the minimum ADC allowed for the characterization of soft tissue masses at 78,95% sensitivity and 73,33% specificity. However, the mean and maximum ADC values were not statistically significantly different between the two groups. (p=0,319 and 0,960, respectively).CONCLUSIONS: DWI is an effective method in the evaluation of soft tissue masses in the differentiation of benign and malignant, and taking the cut-off value as ≤1,01×10-³mm²/s in the calculation of minimum ADC will increase the clinical usefulness.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Difüzyon ağırlıklı MRG</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Manyetik rezo-nans görüntüleme</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Yumuşak doku neoplazileri</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Diffusion-weighted MRI</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Magnetic resonance Imaging</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Soft tissue neoplasms.</kwd>
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