Use of diffusion tensor imaging in assessing superficial myometrial invasion by endometrial carcinoma: A preliminary study

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1273-1280

  Zhang, Longmin ^a   Liu, Ailian ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Song, Qingwei ^a   Wei, Qiang ^a   Wang, Heqing ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); endometrial cancer; fiber tractography (FT); fractional anisotropy (FA)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TENSORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMAS; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; IRREGULAR ARRANGEMENT; REGIONS OF INTEREST; T2-WEIGHTED IMAGING;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR INVASION; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTERUS CANCER;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84946919726     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114552293     Document Type: Article

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