Intravoxel incoherent motion in body diffusion-weighted MRI: Reality and challenges

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1351-1361

  Koh, Dow Mu ^a   Collins, David J ^a,b   Orton, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Oncology; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CALCULATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TISSUE PERFUSION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; MOTION; PERFUSION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79960529109     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5515     Document Type: Review

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