The efficacy of diffusion-weighted imaging for the detection and evaluation of acute pancreatitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 94-95, 2009, Pages 1407-1410

  Shinya, Satoshi ^a,b   Sasaki, Takamitsu ^a,b   Nakagawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Guiquing, Zhang ^a   Yamamoto, Fumio ^a   Yamashita, Yuichi ^b  

^a Yamamoto Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Apparent diffusion coefficients; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71949113534     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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