The value of apparent diffusion coefficient in the assessment of cervical cancer

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1050-1058

  Kuang, Fei ^a   Ren, Jing ^b   Zhong, Qun ^c   Liyuan, Fu ^c   Huan, Yi ^b   Chen, Ziqian ^c  

^a The 174th Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Assessment; Cervical cancer; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84878617307     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2681-1     Document Type: Article

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