Robust estimation of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in heterogeneous solid tumors

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-429

  Walker Samuel, Simon ^a   Orton, Matthew ^a   McPhail, Lesley D ^a   Robinson, Simon P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Necrosis; Robust approach; Tumor ADC

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CELL DEATH; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HETEROGENEOUS SOLID; LEAST SQUARES ALGORITHM; LEAST-SQUARES APPROACH; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES; NECROSIS; ROBUST APPROACHES; ROBUST ESTIMATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOLID TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION;

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67749116332     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22014     Document Type: Article

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