Usefulness of diffusion-weighted MRI in differentiating benign from malignant musculoskeletal tumors

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-36

  Shuji, Nagata ^a   Hiroshi, Nishimura ^b   Masafumi, Uchida ^a   Naofumi, Hayabuchi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Radiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADC; DWI; MRI; Musculoskeletal Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444509583     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: 13477951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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