Diffusion-weighted imaging in rectal cancer: current applications and future perspectives

NW Schurink, DMJ Lambregts… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This review summarizes current applications and clinical utility of diffusion-weighted imaging
(DWI) for rectal cancer and in addition provides a brief overview of more recent …

MRI of rectal cancer: an overview and update on recent advances

KS Jhaveri, H Hosseini-Nik - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. MRI is the modality of choice for rectal cancer staging. The high soft-tissue
contrast of MRI accurately assesses the extramural tumor spread and relation to mesorectal …

Lymph nodes evaluation in rectal cancer: where do we stand and future perspective

A Borgheresi, F De Muzio, A Agostini… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The assessment of nodal involvement in patients with rectal cancer (RC) is fundamental in
disease management. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is routinely used for local and …

MRI-based radiomics of rectal cancer: preoperative assessment of the pathological features

X Ma, F Shen, Y Jia, Y Xia, Q Li, J Lu - BMC Medical Imaging, 2019 - Springer
Background This study aimed to evaluate the significance of MRI-based radiomics model
derived from high-resolution T2-weighted images (T2WIs) in predicting tumor pathological …

[HTML][HTML] The role of MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer

Y Zhang, J Yu - Diagnostic and interventional radiology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-
related death worldwide, with more than 40% of new cases occurring in China. With the …

Diffusion kurtosis imaging study of rectal adenocarcinoma associated with histopathologic prognostic factors: preliminary findings

L Zhu, Z Pan, Q Ma, W Yang, H Shi, C Fu, X Yan, L Du… - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the correlation between diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI)–derived
parameters and prognostic factors for rectal adenocarcinoma. Materials and Methods This …

Multiparametric MRI of rectal cancer in the assessment of response to therapy: a systematic review

AM Hoetker, J Garcia-Aguilar… - Diseases of the colon & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Conventional MRI is limited in the assessment of nodal status and T status
after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Multiparametric MRI strives to overcome these issues …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion-weighted imaging of pancreatic cancer

R De Robertis, PT Martini, E Demozzi… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a reliable and accurate imaging method for the
evaluation of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Diffusion-weighted …

DWI for assessment of rectal cancer nodes after chemoradiotherapy: is the absence of nodes at DWI proof of a negative nodal status?

MM van Heeswijk, DMJ Lambregts… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. When considering organ preservation in patients with rectal cancer with good
tumor response, assessment of a node-negative status after chemoradiation therapy (CRT) …

Prospective comparison of 3T MRI with diffusion‐weighted imaging and MDCT for the preoperative TNM staging of gastric cancer

I Joo, JM Lee, JH Kim, CI Shin, JK Han… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare the diagnostic performance of 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
with diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) and multidetector‐row computed tomography …