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Clinical value of whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluation of multiple myeloma
Lei Zhang1, Bei Zhang1, and Xiuzheng Yue2
1First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China, 2Philips Healthcare, Beijing, China
This study retrospectively investigated whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (WB-DWI) in the evaluation of bone marrow infiltration in multiple myeloma. This is a helpful supplement to the evaluation of multiple myeloma. 
Figure 2. Typical examples of ADC value measurement in the right femur.
Figure 1. Spearman linear correlation test in 68 patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging examination after treatment. There was a negative correlation between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value and the degree of bone marrow infiltration in the right ilium (r=-0.829, P<0.001).