Receiver operating characteristic analysis of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differentiating hepatic hemangioma from other hypervascular liver lesions

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 750-756

  Vossen, Josephina A ^a   Buijs, Manon ^a   Liapi, Eleni ^a   Eng, John ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a   Kamel, Ihab R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b John Hopkins Medical Institutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion imaging; Liver lesion; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ATYPICALS; COEFFICIENT VALUES; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HAEMANGIOMA; LIVER LESIONS; MR IMAGING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADODIAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; ROC CURVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 54049086566     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31816a6823     Document Type: Article

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