Non-gaussian analysis of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A feasibility study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-748

  Jansen, J F A ^a   Stambuk, H E ^a   Koutcher, J A ^a   Shukla Dave, A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77950816817     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1919     Document Type: Article

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