Open AccessOptimization of b-values in diffusion-weighted imaging for esophageal cancer: Measuring the longitudinal length of gross tumor volume and evaluating chemoradiotherapeutic efficacy
Author(s) -
Gang Liu,
Zhijie Yang,
Tianran Li,
Li Yang,
Zheng Xiangdong,
Lijie Cai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_630_17
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , effective diffusion coefficient , diffusion mri , endoscope , biopsy , esophageal cancer , chemoradiotherapy , radiology , radiation therapy , cancer
To study the optimization of b-values of magnetic resonance-diffusion-weighted (MR-DWI) in evaluating the chemoradiotherapeutic efficacy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and measuring the longitudinal length of gross tumor volume (GTV) of ESCC.