SSH-EPI diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the spine with low b values: Is it useful in differentiating malignant metastatic tumor infiltration from benign fracture edema?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 651-658

  Oztekin, Ozgur ^a,b   Ozan, Ebru ^a   Adibelli, Zehra Hilal ^a   Unal, Gökhan ^a   Abali, Yusuf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

^b Albayrak Mavisehir Evleri   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Fracture; Spine; Vertebral metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANCER INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SPINE METASTASIS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE EDEMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66649123550     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0668-z     Document Type: Article

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