Diagnostic value of whole-body MRI with diffusion-weighted sequence for detection of peritoneal metastases in colorectal malignancy

Diagnostic value of whole-body MRI with diffusion-weighted sequence for detection of peritoneal metastases in colorectal malignancy

<b>Objective: </b> To assess the diagnostic accuracy of whole-body MRI using diffusion-weighted sequence (WB-DWI) to determine the peritoneal cancer index (PCI) in correlation with surgical and histopathological findings.<b>Methods: </b> Twenty-seven patients underwent preope...

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Main Authors: Huan Zhang, Weixing Dai, Caixia Fu, Xu Yan, Alto Stemmer, Tong Tong, Guoxiang Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2018-06-01
Series:Cancer Biology & Medicine
Subjects:
MRI
diffusion-weighted imaging
peritoneal cancer index
peritoneal metastases
colorectal malignancy
Online Access:http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/1131

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