Diffusion-weighted MR imaging with a single-shot echoplanar sequence: Detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Haradome, Hiroki ^b   Hachiya, Junichi ^b   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031882661     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.2.9456953     Document Type: Article

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