Open AccessPredicting liver metastasis of gastrointestinal tract cancer by diffusion-weighted imaging of apparent diffusion coefficient values
Author(s) -
Dexian Zheng,
Shu-Chun Meng,
Qingjun Liu,
Chuanting Li,
Xi-dan Shang,
Yu-Seng Zhu,
Tian-Jun Bai,
Shi-Ming Xu
Publication year - 2016
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.v22.i10.3031
Subject(s) - medicine , effective diffusion coefficient , receiver operating characteristic , chemotherapy , metastasis , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal cancer , cancer , liver cancer , rank correlation , area under the curve , diffusion mri , gastrointestinal tract , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , colorectal cancer , machine learning , computer science
To determine if efficacy of chemotherapy on liver metastasis of gastrointestinal tract cancer can be predicted by apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).