Feasibility study of computed vs measured high b-value (1400 s/mm²) diffusion-weighted MR images of the prostate

Figure 2 M-b1400 (left) and C-b1400 (right) images of a 63 years old patient with elevated PSA levels, at corresponding axial slice position. Region-of-interests were placed in the prostate and in the bladder content to obtain signal intensity-ratios to estimate signal-to-noise-ratio. Calculated b-value images show higher SI-ratios and more anatomical image details (i.e., bladder contour).