Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in the head and neck

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-67

  Schafer, James ^a   Srinivasan, Ashok ^a   Mukherji, Suresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC histogram; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighting; Head and neck imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 78649750552     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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