A novel approach to monitoring the efficacy of anti-tumor treatments in animal models: combining functional MRI and texture analysis

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the early anti-tumor efficiency of different therapeutic agents with a combination of multi-b-value DWI, DCE-MRI and texture analysis. Methods Eighteen 4 T1 homograft tumor models were divided into control, paclitaxel monotherapy and paclitax...

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Main Authors: Ming Meng, Huadan Xue, Jing Lei, Qin Wang, Jingjuan Liu, Yuan Li, Ting Sun, Haiyan Xu, Zhengyu Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4684-z