Diagnostic utility of diffusion-weighted MR imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient value for the diagnosis of adrenal tumors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-117

  Tsushima, Yoshito ^a   Takahashi Taketomi, Ayako ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Chemical shift imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60349126616     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21616     Document Type: Article

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