Pitfalls in abdominal diffusion-weighted imaging: How predictive is restricted water diffusion for malignancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1070-1076

  Feuerlein, Sebastian ^a   Pauls, Sandra ^a   Juchems, Markus S ^a   Stuber, Tina ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H K ^a   Brambs, Hans Juergen ^a   Ernst, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal MRI; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BARTHOLIN CYST; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENTERITIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARIAN BLEEDING; OVARY CYST; PANCREAS TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERATOMA;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349667367     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2093     Document Type: Article

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