Additional review of DW MR images improves specificity and positive predictive value in SVI detection compared with reviewing T2-weighted images alone. Addition of DCE MR images to this combination, however, does not provide incremental value for diagnosis of SVI.

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Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a life-threatening condition and remains the leading cause of death in the first trimester of pregnancy, although the mortality rate has significantly decreased over the past few decades because of earlier diagnoses and great improvements in treatment. EP is most commonly located in the ampullary portion of the fallopian tube and rarely in unusual sites such as the interstitium, cervix, cesarean scar, anomalous rudimentary horn of the uterus and peritoneal abdominal cavity. MRI may confirm or give additional information to ultrasonography, which is the most user-dependent imaging modality. Magnetic resonance imaging can accurately localize the site of abnormal implantation. It could be helpful for EP patient treatment by distinguishing the ruptured and unruptured cases before methotrexate treatment. MRI is quite sensitive to blood and can identify the hemorrhage phase.

AIM:To ev��u�te the dyn�mic contr�st-enh�nced m��-netic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) findings of bone met�st�sis in prost�te c�ncer p�tients. METHODS:Sixteen men with � di��nosis o� met�st�tic prostate cancer to bones were examined with DCE-MRI �t 1.5 Tes��. The me�n contr�st ��ent concentr�tion vs time curves �or bone met�st�sis �nd norm�� bone were c��cu��ted �nd K tr�ns �nd ve v��ues were estim�ted �nd comp�red. RESULTS:An early significant enhancement (wash-out: n = 6�� p��te�u: n = 8 �nd persistent: n = 2) was detected in ��� bone met�st�ses (n = 16

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