Combined use of T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted 3-T MR imaging for differentiating uterine sarcomas from benign leiomyomas

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2756-2764

  Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Nakaura, Takeshi ^a   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Saito, Tetsuo ^a   Katabuchi, Hidetaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcoma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350158463     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1471-x     Document Type: Article

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