Differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic metastasis from cysts and hemangiomas with calculated T2 relaxation times and the T1/T2 relaxation times ratio

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1333-1341

  Farraher, Steven W ^a   Jara, Hernán ^a   Chang, Kevin J ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^b   Soto, Jorge A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal MR; Liver; Liver magnetic resonance (MR) image processing; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance (MR) tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TIME PERCEPTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845327533     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20758     Document Type: Article

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