Significance of apparent diffusion coefficient in diagnosis of rectal carcinoma
The ADC is a useful marker in differentiating between rectal cancer, post-radiation proctitis, and normal rectal wall with high sensitivity and specificity, but it cannot be used to distinguish the histological grades of rectal cancer, nor other pathohistological parameters.
Authors
- Milena Spirovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-5841)
- Nataša Prvulović-Bunović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2303-5874)
- Miloš Vuković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-116X)
- Igor Nosek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-9090)
- Milica Šarošković
- Stefan Stojanoski
- Milica Zorić
Institutions
- University of Novi Sad (RS)
- Oncology Institute of Vojvodina (RS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1464183
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40