Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of endometrial cancer: Differentiation from benign endometrial lesions and preoperative assessment of myometrial invasion

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 947-953

  Takeuchi, M ^a   Matsuzaki, K ^a   Nishitani, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genital reproductive; MR diffusion perfusion; MR imaging; Neoplasms; Primary; Staging; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GENITAL/REPRODUCTIVE; MR DIFFUSION/PERFUSION; MR IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY; STAGING; UTERUS;

GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70350015237     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850903099981     Document Type: Article

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