Abstract #0258

Histopathological Correlation of IVIM-Derived True Diffusion Constant in Patients with Pancreatic Carcinoma & Chronic Pancreatitis

Miriam Klauss¹, Matthias Gaida, Andreas Lemke², Katharina Grnberg², Dirk Simon², Stefan Delorme², Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Lars Grenacher, Bram Stieltjes²

¹Diagnostic Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany; ²DKFZ

Fibrosis is the most characteristic histopathological feature of pancreatic carcinoma and chronic pancreatitis. It was shown that the IVIM-derived parameter D (true diffusion constant) did not show differences between these two entities. The aim of this study was to compare differences in D with the histopathological grade of fibrosis in pancreatic diseases.