Differential diagnosis of metastasis from non-metastatic lymph nodes in cervical cancers: Pilot study of diffusion weighted imaging with background suppression at 3t magnetic resonance

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2820-2824

  Yu, Shen Ping ^a   He, Li ^a   Liu, Bo ^b   Zhuang, Xiao Zhao ^a   Liu, Ming Juan ^a   Hu, Xiao Shu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Cervical cancer; Diffusion weighted imaging; Metastatic lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952276425     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.20.014     Document Type: Article

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