Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for characterization of focal liver masses: Impact of parallel imaging (SENSE) and b value

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 865-871

  Erturk, Sukru Mehmet ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^b   Sano, Katsuhiro ^b   Motosugi, Utarou ^b   Sou, Hironobu ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^b  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Liver; MRI; Sense

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; CUT-OFF VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARALLEL IMAGING; SENSE; SENSITIVITY ENCODING; SIGNAL-NOISE RATIO;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSE TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

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

EID: 62149135906     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181591cf2     Document Type: Article

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