Abstract:Objective To explore the diagnostic efficacy of Diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI) in identifying different lung lesions at varied b values. Methods After diagnosed by CT examination, 62 lung lesions cases were examined by conventional T1WI, T2WI and DWI pulse sequence. The ADC values of lesions were measured and analyzed by t test and variance. The differences of benign and malignant lung lesions and different pathological types of lung cancer in ADC values under different b values were compared, and their diagnostic efficacy were measured by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The differential diagnostic efficacy for benign and malignant lung lesions and different pathological types of lung cancer was analysed under different b values. Results A total of 62 cases were pathologically confirmed (6 cases of small cell lung carcinoma, 11 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 8 cases of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, 13 cases of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma and 24 cases of benign lesions). When the b value was 800 s/mm2, the ADC values of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, low differentiated adenocarcinoma, small cell lung carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma respectively were (1.80 ± 0.14) × 10-3 mm2/s, (1.09 ± 0.15) × 10-3 mm2/s, (0.80 ± 0.10) × 10-3 mm2/s and (1.19 ± 0.18) × 10-3 mm2/s respectively. When the b values respectively were 200 s/mm2, 500 s/mm2, 800 s/mm2, the ADC values of lung benign lesions were (2.18 ± 0.27) × 10-3 mm2/s, (2.06 ± 0.16) × 10-3 mm2/s, (1.84 ± 0.21) × 10-3 mm2/s respectively and malignant lesions were respectively (1.49 ± 0.36)×10-3 mm2/s, (1.33 ± 0.38) × 10-3 mm2/s, (1.22 ± 0.36) × 10-3 mm2/s respectively. The ADC values of lung benign and malignant lesions were statistically different (P < 0.001). Conclusions Under the same b value (b = 200 s/mm2, 500 s/mm2, 800 s/mm2 respectively), ADC values have great value to distinguish benign and malignant lesions of lung and different pathological types of lung carcinoma. The diagnostic efficacy is the best for well-differentiated adenocarcinomas and low differentiated adenocarcinomas when b values 800 s/mm2.