Limitations and Prospects for Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the Prostate

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is the most effective component of the modern multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) scan for prostate pathology. DWI provides the strongest prediction of cancer volume, and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) correlates moderately with Gleason grad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bourne, Roger, Panagiotaki, Eleftheria
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931416/