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Is the breast ADC category system a useful addition to BI-RADS?

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We thank Karl Embleton, PhD, from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan

    Maya Honda

  2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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  3. Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science (iACT), Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

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Mami Iima: Grants from KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research [C] 21K07618) and AMED (grant 22he0422025j0001); patents planned, issued, or pending (PCT/JP2015/055638).

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Honda, M., Iima, M. Is the breast ADC category system a useful addition to BI-RADS?. Eur Radiol 33, 5398–5399 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-09752-4

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