Application of magnetic resonance diffusion kurtosis imaging for distinguishing histopathologic subtypes and grades of rectal carcinoma

Abstract Background To evaluate the diagnostic performance of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for distinguishing different histopathological subtypes and grades of rectal carcinoma and to compare DKI with conventional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Methods This prospective study involved 132 pat...

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Published in:Cancer Imaging
Main Authors: Ziqiang Wen, Yan Chen, Xinyue Yang, Baolan Lu, Yiyan Liu, Bingqi Shen, Shenping Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Subjects:
Rectal cancer
Magnetic resonance imaging
Diffusion kurtosis imaging
Mucinous carcinoma
Imaging biomarker
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40644-019-0192-x

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