Diffusion weighted imaging improves diagnostic ability of MRI for determining complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer
Author(s) -
Anuradha Chandramohan,
Umar M. Siddiqi,
Rohin Mittal,
Anu Eapen,
Mark Ranjan Jesudason,
Thomas Samuel Ram,
Ashish Singh,
Dipti Masih
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of radiology open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2352-0477
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100223
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , diffusion mri , confidence interval , radiology , neoadjuvant therapy , nuclear medicine , chemoradiotherapy , effective diffusion coefficient , kappa , magnetic resonance imaging , cancer , radiation therapy , breast cancer , linguistics , philosophy
Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy can be determined with excellent accuracy, substantial interobserver agreement and high level of confidence by combined interpretation of DWI and T2 high resolution MRI.
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