Optimization of b value in diffusion-weighted MRI for characterization of benign and malignant gynecological lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 650-659

  Koc, Zafer ^a   Erbay, Gurcan ^a   Ulusan, Serife ^a   Seydaoglu, Gulsah ^b   Aka Bolat, Filiz ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

b value; cervical cancer; diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI); endometrial cancer; gynecological; optimization; ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSGERMINOMA; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEMORRHAGIC CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE SHOT ECHOPLANAR IMAGING; TERATOMA; THECOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84857070539     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22871     Document Type: Review

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