Can diffusion-weighted imaging distinguish between normal and squamous cell carcinoma of the palatine tonsil?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 993, 2010, Pages 753-758

  Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   King, A D ^a   Yeung, D K W ^a   Mo, F ^a   Vlantis, A C ^a   Yu, K H ^a   Wong, J K T ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATINE TONSIL; RANK SUM TEST; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956007994     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/58331222     Document Type: Article

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