Applications of diffusion-weighted imaging in classification of pancreatic diseases
LIU Mengling
HUANG Xiaohua
XU Hongxia
LIU Cuilan
SHI Lin
Abstract：Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)can reflect the diffusion condition of water molecular in vivo tissues. Due to different diffusivities of water molecules in pancreas tissues among different stages of pancreatic diseases, several parameters of DWI can be used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the pancreatic diseases in diagnosis, differential diagnosis and classification.In this paper we reviewed the mechanism of DWI,and the application of DWI,diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)and diffusion kurtosis imaging(DKI)techniques in classification of the common diseases of pancreas and their limitations.
Keywords：Magnetic resonance imagingDiffusion-weighted imagingPancreatitisPancreatic cancerPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorClassification
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 180-184 )