title: Application of diffusion weighted imaging in rectal cancer diagnosis.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging has became the major method for rectal cancer diagnosis. As a novel magnetic resonance functional imaging technique, diffusion-weighted imaging has improved the lesion detection sensitivity and provided more information on changes in body functions. The past two decades have witnessed the increasing application of this technique in clinical practices. This article summarizes the application of diffusion weighted imaging in rectal cancer diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Wei-dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ming-wei
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*