Assessment of Intratumor Heterogeneity in Parametric Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Images: A Comparative Study of Novel and Established Methods

Intratumor heterogeneity is associated with aggressive disease and poor survival rates in several types of cancer. A novel method for assessing intratumor heterogeneity in medical images, named the spatial gradient method, has been developed in our laboratory. In this study, we measure intratumor he...

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Main Authors: Jon-Vidar Gaustad, Einar K. Rofstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.722773/full