Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and its application to cancer

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Charles Edwards, Elizabeth M ^a   De Souza, Nandita M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diffusion weighted; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33750684658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0021     Document Type: Article

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