Pancreatic cancer

T Kamisawa, LD Wood, T Itoi, K Takaori - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease, for which mortality closely parallels incidence.
Most patients with pancreatic cancer remain asymptomatic until the disease reaches an …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the pancreas: current status and recommendations

M Barral, B Taouli, B Guiu, DM Koh, A Luciani… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Advances in image quality over the past few years, mainly due to refinements in hardware
and coil systems, have made diffusion-weighted (DW diffusion weighted) magnetic …

Pancreatic diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI): comparison between mass‐forming focal pancreatitis (FP), pancreatic cancer (PC), and normal pancreas

R Fattahi, NC Balci, WH Perman… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) findings and the apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) values of pancreatic cancer (PC), mass‐forming focal pancreatitis (FP) …

Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI for the differentiation between mass forming chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma

M Klau, A Lemke, K Grünberg, D Simon… - Investigative …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To determine which of the quantitative parameters obtained from intravoxel
incoherent motion diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is the most significant for the …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of pancreas tumours

N Kartalis, TL Lindholm, P Aspelin, J Permert… - European radiology, 2009 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)
in diagnosis of pancreas cancer, to compare DWI with a conventional comprehensive MRI …

Prostate Carcinoma: Diffusion-weighted Imaging as Potential Alternative to Conventional MR and 11C-Choline PET/CT for Detection of Bone Metastases1

W Luboldt, R Küfer, N Blumstein, TL Toussaint… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
In a technical development study approved by the institutional ethics committee, the
feasibility of fast diffusion-weighted imaging as a replacement for conventional magnetic …

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma: variability of diffusion-weighted MR imaging findings

Y Fukukura, K Takumi, K Kamimura, T Shindo… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare the apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) of pancreatic
adenocarcinomas that appear hyperintense with clearly defined borders (clear …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas: diagnostic benefit from an intravoxel incoherent motion model–based 3 b-value analysis

M Concia, AM Sprinkart, AH Penner… - Investigative …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic benefit of an intravoxel
incoherent motion (IVIM) model–based characterization of pancreatic masses from diffusion …

Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions: a systematic review

MA Vermoolen, TC Kwee, RAJ Nievelstein - Insights into imaging, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To systematically review the value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
measurement in the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. Methods A …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of focal pancreatic lesions using normalized apparent diffusion coefficient at 1.5-Tesla: preliminary experience

M Barral, D Sebbag-Sfez, C Hoeffel, U Chaput… - Diagnostic and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the capabilities of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and normalized
ADC using the pancreatic parenchyma as reference organ in the characterization of focal …