Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the liver of hepatitis C patients

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 132-136

  Boulanger, Yvan ^a   Amara, Mourad ^a   Lepanto, Luigi ^a   Beaudoin, Gilles ^a   Nguyen, Bich N ^a   Allaire, Guy ^a   Poliquin, Marc ^a   Nicolet, Viviane ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Fibrosis; Hepatitis C; Inflammation; Liver; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; VIRUSES;

VIRAL INFECTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0041629178     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.818     Document Type: Article

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