Diagnostic value of whole body diffusion weighted imaging for screening primary tumors of patients with metastases

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Gu, Tai Fu ^a   Xiao, Xin Lan ^a   Sun, Fei ^b   Yin, Jian Hua ^a   Zhao, Hai ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Neoplasm metastasis; Primary tumor; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 55049105180     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(09)60029-8     Document Type: Article

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