Measurement of the apparent diffusion coefficient in diffuse renal disease by diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 832-837

  Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Mitsuzaki, Katsuhiko ^a   Nakayama, Yoshiharu ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney, function; Kidney, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032996364     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199906)9:6<832::AID-JMRI10>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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