Utility of MRI diffusion techniques in the evaluation of tumors of the head and neck

Cancers

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 875-889

  Martínez Barbero, José Pablo ^a   Rodríquez Jiménez, Inmaculada ^a   Martin Noguerol, Teodoro ^a   Luna Alcalá, Antonio ^b  

^a Clinica las Nieves   (Spain)

^b MRI Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic neuroimaging; Diffusion imaging; Head and neck cancer; MRI

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; NEUROIMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PERIODICALLY ROTATED OVERLAPPING PARALLEL LINES WITH ENHANCED RECONSTRUCTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 84880122570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers5030875     Document Type: Review

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