The influence of the b-value combination on apparent diffusion coefficient based differentiation between malignant and benign tissue in cervical cancer

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Hoogendam, Jacob P ^a   Klerkx, Wenche M ^a   De Kort, Gerard A P ^a   Bipat, Shandra ^b   Zweemer, Ronald P ^a   Sie Go, Daisy M D S ^a   Verheijen, René H M ^a   Mali, Willem P T M ^a   Veldhuis, Wouter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; b value; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity and specificity; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CERVIX UTERI; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955370275     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22236     Document Type: Article

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