High b-value diffusion-weighted imaging in normal and malignant peripheral zone tissue of the prostate: Effect of signal-to-noise ratio

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Kitajima, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kaji, Yasushi ^a   Kuroda, Kagayaki ^c   Sugimura, Kazuro ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); High b value; Prostate cancer; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56149086844     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.7.93     Document Type: Article

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