Myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer: diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted MR imaging at 1.5-T

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 754-762

  Rechichi, Gilda ^a,b   Galimberti, Stefania ^a   Signorelli, Mauro ^a,b   Perego, Patrizia ^a   Valsecchi, Maria Grazia ^a   Sironi, Sandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Monza Via Pergolesi 33 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Endometrial carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Staging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952302080     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1597-x     Document Type: Article

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