Value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the differentiation between benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-387

  Holzapfel, Konstantin ^a   Duetsch, Sabrina ^a   Fauser, Claudius ^a   Eiber, Matthias ^a   Rummeny, Ernst J ^a   Gaa, Jochen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Cervical lymphadenopathy; Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Echo planar imaging; Head and neck

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MR IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BODY FLUIDS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SARCOIDOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449641592     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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