Diffusion-weighted single-shot echoplanar MR imaging for liver disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Kim, Tonsok ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Tsuda, Kyo ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032800447     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.2.10430143     Document Type: Article

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