Bi-exponential versus mono-exponential diffusion-weighted imaging for evaluating prostate cancer aggressiveness after radical prostatectomy: a whole-tumor histogram analysis

Acta Radiol. 2019 Nov;60(11):1566-1575. doi: 10.1177/0284185119837932. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Authors

Peipei Zhang¹, Xiangde Min¹, Liang Wang¹, Zhaoyan Feng¹, Zan Ke¹, Huijuan You¹, Chanyuan Fan¹, Qiubai Li²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China.
² Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

PMID: 30897930
DOI: 10.1177/0284185119837932

No abstract available

Keywords: Gleason score; Prostate cancer; diffusion-weighted imaging; radical prostatectomy; whole-tumor histogram.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Male
Neoplasm Grading
Postoperative Care / methods*
Prostate / diagnostic imaging
Prostate / surgery
Prostatectomy*
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Retrospective Studies