In the last couple of years,as the development ofnew imaging techniques,diffusion-weighted magnetic resonanceimaging (DW-MRI) has been applied increasingly in the evaluationof various diseases in the body,and has been...In the last couple of years,as the development ofnew imaging techniques,diffusion-weighted magnetic resonanceimaging (DW-MRI) has been applied increasingly in the evaluationof various diseases in the body,and has been adopted frequentlyas an imaging tool in clinical tumor assessment.As a completelynon-invasive,highly sensitive,well-tolerated and relatively lowcost technique,diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can supplyboth quantitative and qualitative information at the cellular levelby exploring irregular diffusion motion of water molecules withintissues in the body.In this article,we summarized the recentapplication and reliability of DWI in tumor evaluation includingtumor detection,tumor features,and outcome of early treatmentresponse.展开更多
文摘In the last couple of years,as the development ofnew imaging techniques,diffusion-weighted magnetic resonanceimaging (DW-MRI) has been applied increasingly in the evaluationof various diseases in the body,and has been adopted frequentlyas an imaging tool in clinical tumor assessment.As a completelynon-invasive,highly sensitive,well-tolerated and relatively lowcost technique,diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can supplyboth quantitative and qualitative information at the cellular levelby exploring irregular diffusion motion of water molecules withintissues in the body.In this article,we summarized the recentapplication and reliability of DWI in tumor evaluation includingtumor detection,tumor features,and outcome of early treatmentresponse.