Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the liver

B Taouli, DM Koh - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging plays an increasingly important role in the evaluation of
patients with liver disease because of its high contrast resolution, lack of ionizing radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: diagnosis, staging and treatment monitoring

T Hennedige, SK Venkatesh - Cancer Imaging, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer. Imaging is
important for establishing a diagnosis of HCC. Several imaging modalities including …

Apparent Diffusion Coefficient: Potential Imaging Biomarker for Prediction and Early Detection of Response to Chemotherapy in Hepatic Metastases1

Y Cui, XP Zhang, YS Sun, L Tang, L Shen - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To evaluate the ability of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) to help predict
response to chemotherapy in patients with colorectal and gastric hepatic metastases …

ADC measurement of abdominal organs and lesions using parallel imaging technique

T Yoshikawa, H Kawamitsu… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to assess the reliability and usefulness of
parallel imaging for apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement of abdominal organs …

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: a biomarker for treatment response in oncology

DA Hamstra, A Rehemtulla, BD Ross - Journal of clinical oncology, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Imaging of response to oncology treatments, either on clinical protocol or as part of standard
practice, is a complicated process that has evolved during the last 10 years due to the …

Extracranial applications of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

HC Thoeny, F De Keyzer - European radiology, 2007 - Springer
Diffusion-weighted MRI has become more and more popular in the last couple of years. It is
already an accepted diagnostic tool for patients with acute stroke, but is more difficult to use …

Yttrium‐90 microspheres (TheraSphere®) treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: downstaging to resection, RFA and bridge to transplantation

LM Kulik, B Atassi, L Van Holsbeeck… - Journal of surgical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present the clinical data of 35 patients with T3 unresectable hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) that were treated with 90Y with the specific intent of downstaging to …

Respiratory-triggered versus breath-hold diffusion-weighted MRI of liver lesions: comparison of image quality and apparent diffusion coefficient values

H Kandpal, R Sharma… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to compare respiratory-triggered and breath-hold
diffusion-weighted liver MRI and to assess the agreement in the apparent diffusion co …

Diffusion‐weighted imaging of the abdomen at 3.0 Tesla: Image quality and apparent diffusion coefficient reproducibility compared with 1.5 Tesla

AB Rosenkrantz, M Oei, JS Babb… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare single‐shot echo‐planar imaging (SS EPI) diffusion‐weighted MRI
(DWI) of abdominal organs between 1.5 Tesla (T) and 3.0 T in healthy volunteers in terms of …

Intra-arterial therapy for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a multi-institutional analysis

O Hyder, JW Marsh, R Salem, EN Petre, S Kalva… - Annals of surgical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Many patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) present with
advanced and inoperable disease. Data on the safety and efficacy of intra-arterial therapy …