Tissue characterization of head and neck lesions using diffusion-weighted MR imaging with SPLICE

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-268

  Sakamoto, Junichiro ^a   Yoshino, Norio ^a   Okochi, Kiyoshi ^a   Imaizumi, Akiko ^a   Tetsumura, Akemi ^a   Kurohara, Kazuto ^a   Kurabayashi, Tohru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion weighted (DW) imaging; Head and neck lesion; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging; SPLICE

Indexed keywords

ADC; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED (DW) IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK LESION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING; SPLICE;

ATOMS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DIFFUSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; RESONANCE; TUMORS;

MULTICARRIER MODULATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE; GADODIAMIDE HYDRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; FIBROUS HYPERPLASIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CYST; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK HEMANGIOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOEPITHELIAL CYST; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; MUCOCELE; NASOLABIAL CYST; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETENTION CYST; SPLIT ACQUISITION OF FAST SPIN ECHO SIGNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649093176     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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