Open AccessEffect of b value on monitoring therapeutic response by diffusion-weighted imaging
Author(s) -
Zhaoxia Jiang,
Wei Peng,
Wen Tao Li,
Feng Tang,
Shi Yuan Liu,
Xudong Qu,
Jianhua Wang,
Hong Li
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.5893
Subject(s) - effective diffusion coefficient , medicine , diffusion mri , nuclear medicine , necrosis , lesion , correlation , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , radiology , mathematics , geometry
To explore the diffusion gradient b-factor that optimizes both apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement and contrast-to-noise (CNR) for assessing tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in a rabbit model.