The preliminary study of MR diffusion weighted imaging with background body signal suppression on pulmonary diseases

Chinese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-59

  Wu, Hua Wei ^a   Cheng, Jie Jun ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a   Lu, Qing ^a   Ge, Xin ^a   Li, Lei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary diseases; Pulmonary neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 39049148862     PISSN: 10051201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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