Open AccessEvaluation of intratumoral heterogeneity by using diffusion kurtosis imaging and stretched exponential diffusion-weighted imaging in an orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma xenograft model
Author(s) -
Ran Guo,
Shouguo Yang,
Fang Lu,
Zhihong Han,
Yan Xu,
Caixia Fu,
Mingfeng Zhao,
Lin Jiang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.08.18
Subject(s) - kurtosis , hepatocellular carcinoma , sorafenib , effective diffusion coefficient , nuclear medicine , medicine , h&e stain , pathology , staining , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , mathematics , statistics
To investigate the value of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with a stretched exponential model (SEM) in the evaluation of tumor heterogeneity in an orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) xenograft model.