Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of pleural fluid: Differentiation of transudative vs exudative pleural effusions

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 890-896

  Baysal, Tamer ^a   Bulut, T ^a   Gokirmak M ^a   Kalkan, S ^a   Dusak, A ^a   Dogan, M ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighting; MRI; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 2542430317     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1995-4     Document Type: Article

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