Added value of breathhold diffusion-weighted MRI in detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma lesions compared with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI alone using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-349

  Xu, Peng Ju ^a   Yan, Fu Hua ^a   Wang, Jian Hua ^a   Lin, Jiang ^a   Ji, Yuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Diffusion weighted imaging; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60649099064     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21650     Document Type: Article

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