Diffusion kurtosis imaging and conventional diffusion weighted imaging to assess electrochemotherapy response in locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate diagnostic performance of functional parameters derived by conventional mono-exponential approach of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and by diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in the assessment of pancreatic tumours treated with electrochemotherapy (ECT).

Keywords

• pancreatic cancer
• electrochemotherapy
• magnetic resonance imaging
• diffusion weighted imaging
• diffusion kurtosis imaging