Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Correlation of apparent diffusion coefficient value with prognostic parameters

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 534-539

  Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek ^a   Kamal, Elsharawey ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diffusion; MR imaging; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84879420402     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-012-0890-x     Document Type: Article

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