Efficacy of diffusion-weighted imaging for the differentiation between lymphomas and carcinomas of the nasopharynx and oropharynx: Correlations of apparent diffusion coefficients and histologic features

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-766

  Ichikawa, Y ^a   Sumi, M ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Sumi, T ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX LYMPHOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860232803     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2834     Document Type: Article

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