Relation between cancer cellularity and apparent diffusion coefficient values using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-226

  Yoshikawa, Miho I ^a   Ohsumi, Shozo ^b   Sugata, Shigenori ^b   Kataoka, Masaaki ^b   Takashima, Shigemitsu ^b   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^c   Ikura, Hirohiko ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient value; Breast cancer; Cellularity; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 44449141936     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0218-3     Document Type: Article

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