Dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Reproducibility analysis and observer variability of the distributed parameter model

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Ng, Quan Sing ^a   Thng, Choon Hua ^a   Lim, Wan Teck ^a   Hartono, Septian ^a,b   Thian, Yee Liang ^a   Lee, Puor Sherng ^a,b   Tan, Daniel Shao Weng ^a   Tan, Eng Huat ^a   Koh, Tong San ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Computed tomography; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Perfusion; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; PAZOPANIB;

ADULT; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84055192872     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182199b9a     Document Type: Article

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