Open AccessHistological grades of rectal cancer: whole-volume histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient based on reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging
Author(s) -
Peng Yang,
Hao Tang,
Xiaoyan Meng,
Yaqi Shen,
Daoyu Hu,
Ihab R. Kamel,
Zhen Li
Publication year - 2020
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.2019.11.17
Subject(s) - effective diffusion coefficient , histogram , diffusion , diffusion mri , volume (thermodynamics) , colorectal cancer , computer science , medicine , pathology , radiology , cancer , artificial intelligence , magnetic resonance imaging , physics , image (mathematics) , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
To explore the role of whole-lesion histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) derived from reduced field-of-view (rFOV) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) technique in discriminating histological grades of rectal carcinoma.