Initial experience of functional imaging of upper urinary tract neoplasm by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-143

  Yoshida, Soichiro ^a   Masuda, Hitoshi ^a   Ishii, Chikako ^b   Saito, Kazutaka ^a   Kawakami, Satoru ^a   Kihara, Kazunori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ochanomizu Surugadai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diagnosis; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Transitional cell; Ureteral neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38849104907     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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