Diagnostic accuracy of the apparent diffusion coefficient in differentiating benign from malignant uterine endometrial cavity lesions: Initial results

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Fujii, Shinya ^a   Matsusue, Eiji ^a   Kigawa, Junzo ^a   Sato, Shinya ^a   Kanasaki, Yoshiko ^a   Nakanishi, Junko ^a   Sugihara, Shuji ^a   Kaminou, Toshio ^a   Terakawa, Naoki ^a   Ogawa, Toshihide ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity; Specificity; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39049152394     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0769-9     Document Type: Article

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