Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Differentiation of histologic grade with standard- and high-b-value diffusion-weighted MRI

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 626-631

  Yun, Tae Jin ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Kwang Hyun ^a   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a   Park, Sun Won ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; diffusion weighted MRI; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; histologic grade; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876041789     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23008     Document Type: Article

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