Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-498

  Friedrich, Klaus M ^a   Matzek, Wolfgang ^a   Gentzsch, Stephan ^a   Sulzbacher, Irene ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a   Herneth, Andreas M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Head and neck cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ATOMS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PIXELS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

B VALUES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECKS; MICROSTRUCTURAL; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; PIXEL METHODS; PLANAR IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SOFT TISSUES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMATA; TUMOUR TISSUES;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EVALUATION STUDY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56749173515     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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