Non-breath-hold high b-value diffusion-weighted MRI with parallel imaging technique: Apparent diffusion coefficient determination in normal abdominal organs

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Kiliçkesmez, Özgür ^a   Yirik, Gülseren ^a   Bayramoǧlu, Sibel ^a   Cimilli, Tan ^a   Aydin, Sibel ^a  

^a BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PANCREAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; STOMACH WALL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; STOMACH;

EID: 48949117583     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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