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Oncologic applications of diffusion-weighted MRI in the body.
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PMID:  22271274     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) allows the detection of malignancies in the abdomen and pelvis. Lesion detection and characterization using DWI largely depends on the increased cellularity of solid or cystic lesions compared with the surrounding tissue. This increased cellularity leads results in restricted diffusion as indicated by reduction in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Low pretreatment ADC values of several malignancies have been shown to be predictive of better outcome. DWI can assess response to systemic or regional treatment of cancer at a cellular level and will therefore detect successful treatment earlier than anatomical measures. In this review, we provide a brief technical overview of DWI, discuss quantitative image analysis approaches, and review studies which have used DWI for the purpose of detection and characterization of malignancies as well as the early prediction of treatment response. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2012;257-279. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors:
Susanne Bonekamp; Celia P Corona-Villalobos; Ihab R Kamel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1522-2586     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  257-79     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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