Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 745-760

  Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Nakaura, Takeshi ^a   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ovary; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LEIOMYOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 59949087846     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1185-5     Document Type: Review

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