Respiratory gated diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: Value of apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in the differentiation between most commonly encountered benign and malignant focal liver lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 486-492

  Gourtsoyianni, Sofia ^a   Papanikolaou, Nickolas ^a   Yarmenitis, Spyros ^a   Maris, Thomas ^a   Karantanas, Apostolos ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Respiratory gating; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 39149092066     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0798-4     Document Type: Article

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