Apparent diffusion coefficient in pancreatic cancer: Characterization and histopathological correlations

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1302-1308

  Muraoka, Noriaki ^a   Uematsu, Hidemasa ^a   Kimura, Hirohiko ^a   Imamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a   Murakami, Makoto ^a   Yamiaguchi, Akio ^a   Itoh, Harumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Histopathological correlations; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NECROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44449164990     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21340     Document Type: Article

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