Open AccessThe diagnostic precision of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in grading of malignant endometrial lesions compared with histopathological findings
Author(s) -
Mohammad Momen Gharibvand,
Ali Ahmadzadeh,
Fariba Asadi,
Zahra Fazelinejad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_142_19
Subject(s) - medicine , effective diffusion coefficient , grading (engineering) , endometrial cancer , radiology , diffusion mri , nuclear medicine , cutoff , pathological , significant difference , ultrasound , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , cancer , civil engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The present study aimed to extract apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values from the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence of endometrial lesions and compare them with tissue specimen results in order to determine the precision of ADC values in grading of malignant endometrial lesions.