Open AccessThe trouble with apparent diffusion coefficient papers
Author(s) -
Bourne Roger M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical radiation sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 2051-3895
DOI - 10.1002/jmrs.110
Subject(s) - effective diffusion coefficient , glioblastoma , voxel , homogeneous , diffusion , diffusion mri , magnetic resonance imaging , distribution (mathematics) , nuclear magnetic resonance , component (thermodynamics) , nuclear medicine , histogram , medicine , computer science , mathematics , cancer research , physics , radiology , statistical physics , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
It is important to focus on the ‘apparent’ part of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Calculation of ADC is the crudest possible estimate of water mobility in tissue. The ADC method is fraught with problems because it is based on a model that is inappropriate for biological tissue.