Diffusion kurtosis imaging in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: current status and future perspectives

Morphological magnetic resonance imaging is currently the best imaging technique for local staging in patients with rectal cancer. However, morphological sequences have some limitations, especially after preoperative chemoradiotherapy (pCRT). Diffusion-weighted imaging has been applied to rectal can...

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Main Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Alfonso Reginelli, Paolo Delrio, Francesco Selvaggi, Roberto Grassi, Francesco Izzo, Antonella Petrillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of International Medical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060519827168