ArticleBMC medical imaging2019
Effect of region of interest on ADC and interobserver variability in thyroid nodules.
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- Apparent diffusion coefficient agreement and reliability using different region of interest methods for the evaluation of head and neck cancer post chemo-radiotherapy.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2021Article
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- Ultrasonic liver steatosis quantification by a learning-based acoustic model from a novel shear wave sequence.Biomedical engineering online · 2019Article
- Lesion Volume Divided by ADC Measures Is an Independent Prognostic Marker in Colorectal Liver Metastasis Treated by Y90-radioembolization.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo determine the effect of region of interest (ROI) on tumor's apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and interobserver variability in thyroid nodules.
methodsThirty-three individuals with 45 pathologically-confirmed thyroid nodules were assessed by preoperative diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with b values of 0 and 400 s/mm
resultsFor the mean ADCs of non-cancerous thyroid nodules, average differences and limits of agreement (LOAs) between readers were 0.00 [- 0.17-0.17] × 10
conclusionsThe ROI method overtly affects ADC measurements in benign and cancerous thyroid nodules. Small solid-sample ROI yielded the worst interobserver variability of average ADC measurements.
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