Hepatic pseudo-anisotropy: A specific artifact in hepatic diffusion-weighted images obtained with respiratory triggering

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-211

  Nasu, Katsuhiro ^a,c   Kuroki, Yoshifumi ^b,c   Fujii, Hirofumi ^c   Minami, Manabu ^a  

^a University of Tsukuba School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Liver; Pseudo anisotropy; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOANISOTROPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 36248985628     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-007-0084-0     Document Type: Article

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