Diffusion weighted MRI: Overview and implications for rectal cancer management

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 655-661

  Boone, D ^a   Taylor, S A ^b   Halligan, S ^b  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); MRI; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879528323     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12241     Document Type: Review

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