Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-47

  Balci, Numan Cem ^a   Perman, William H ^a   Saglam, Sezer ^b   Akisik, Fatih ^c   Fattahi, Rana ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

SECRETIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 69349095926     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3181b48667     Document Type: Article

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