Feasibility of whole body diffusion weighted imaging in detecting bone metastasis on 3.0T MR scanner

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Xu, Xian ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Zhang, Jin Shan ^a   Cai, You Quan ^a   Xu, Bai Xuan ^a   Chen, Liu Quan ^a   Sun, Fei ^b   Guo, Xing Gao ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Bone tissue; Diffusion weighted imaging; Neoplasm metastasis; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 55049138989     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(09)60030-4     Document Type: Article

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