High b-value diffusion-weighted MRI for detecting gallbladder carcinoma: Preliminary study and results

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1794-1798

  Sugita, Reiji ^a   Yamazaki, Tetsuro ^b   Furuta, Akemi ^b   Itoh, Kei ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^c  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NTT East Tohoku Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gallbladder carcinoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349097861     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1322-9     Document Type: Article

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