Preliminary study of feasibility of whole body diffusion weighted imaging in diagnosis of metastasis of tumor

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Yang, Tian He ^a   Lin, Jian Zhong ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Lu, Jian Hua ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Metastatic tumors; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 55049110508     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(09)60037-7     Document Type: Article

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