Respiratory-triggered versus breath-hold diffusion-weighted MRI of liver lesions: Comparison of image quality and apparent diffusion coefficient values

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 915-922

  Kandpal, Harsh ^a   Sharma, Raju ^a   Madhusudhan, K S ^a   Kapoor, Kulwant Singh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Diffusion weighted MRI; Lesions; Liver

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRIGGERED DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 63849179148     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1260     Document Type: Article

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