Body Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging Using High b-Value for Malignant Tumor Screening: Usefulness and Necessity of Referring to T2-Weighted Images and Creating Fusion Images

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Tsushima, Yoshito ^a   Takano, Akie ^a   Taketomi Takahashi, Ayako ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

abdomen; diffusion weighted imaging; malignant tumor; MRI; screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250156030     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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