Normal appearances of whole body diffusion weighted imaging at 3. 0T MR scanner and initial clinical study

Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 793-796

  Xu, Xian ^a   Zhang, Jin Shan ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Cai, You Quan ^a   Cheng, Liu Quan ^a   Sun, Fei ^b   Guo, Xing Gao ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Diffusion weighted imaging; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastases; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 34447283509     PISSN: 10033289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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