Focal pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic mass: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) findings including diffusion-weighted MRI

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-497

  Momtahen, A J ^a   Balci, N C ^a,b   Alkaade, S ^a   Akduman, E I ^a   Burton, F R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SLU   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Mass; MRCP; MRI; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIFFUSION; HEALTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOUDSPEAKERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOPLASMA; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PINCH EFFECT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC); B VALUE; COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD); CONTROL GROUP (CON); DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIO PANCREATOGRAPHY (MRCP); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); SIGNAL INTENSITY (SI); SIGNAL-INTENSITY CURVES;

RESONANCE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46149106349     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802014602     Document Type: Article

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