Contribution of diffusion-weighted MRI to the differential diagnosis of hepatic masses

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Demir, Özgün Ilhan ^a   Obuz, Funda ^a   Saǧol, Özgül ^a   Dicle, Oǧuz ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 34250005753     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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