Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) as a quantitative parameter in diffusion weighted MR imaging in gynecologic cancer: Dependence on b-values used

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1017-1022

  Kallehauge, Jesper Folsted ^a   Tanderup, Kari ^a   Haack, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Thomas ^b   Muren, Ludvig Paul ^a   Fokdal, Lars ^a   Lindegaard, Jacob Christian ^a   Pedersen, Erik Morre ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77956582398     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.500305     Document Type: Article

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