Relative apparent diffusion coefficient: Determination of reference site and validation of benefit for detecting metastatic lymph nodes in uterine cervical cancer

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-390

  Park, Sang Ok ^a   Kim, Jeong Kon ^a,c   Kim, Kyoung Ah ^a   Park, Bum Woo ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Cho, Gyunggoo ^b   Choi, Hyuk Jae ^a   Cho, Kyoung Sik ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm metastasis; Relative ADC; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPLEEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CORTEX; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60549103077     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21635     Document Type: Article

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