Three-dimension amide proton transfer MRI of rectal adenocarcinoma: correlation with pathologic prognostic factors and comparison with diffusion kurtosis imaging.
Weicui ChenLing LiZhaoxian YanShaowei HuJieping FengGuoqing LiuBo LiuXian LiuPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Mean APTw SI was significantly higher in high-grade compared to low-grade rectal adenocarcinoma. • Mean APTw SI was significantly higher in T3 stage rectal adenocarcinoma, with lymph node metastasis, or in EMVI-positive status. • APTw SI exhibited greater diagnostic capability in discriminating low-grade from high-grade rectal adenocarcinoma, compared with kurtosis, diffusivity, and ADC.
Keyphrases
- low grade
- high grade
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node metastasis
- prognostic factors
- diffusion weighted imaging
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- room temperature
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- radiation therapy
- papillary thyroid
- computed tomography
- mass spectrometry
- clinical evaluation