Interest of diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient mapping in gynecological malignancies: A review

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1020-1027

  Levy, Antonin ^a   Medjhoul, Aïcha ^a   Caramella, Caroline ^a   Zareski, Elise ^a   Berges, Oscar ^a   Chargari, Cyrus ^a,b   Boulet, Bérénice ^a   Bidault, François ^a   Dromain, Clarisse ^a   Balleyguier, Corinne ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

ADC; cervix; diffusion; magnetic resonance imaging; ovary; tumor; uterus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CERVIX UTERI; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 79955368268     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22546     Document Type: Article

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