Hyperintense uterine myometrial masses on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: Differentiation with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 834-837

  Takeuchi, Mayumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Kenji ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Leiomyoma; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Malignant tumor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CELLULARS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALIGNANT TUMORS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T2 WEIGHTED; UTERUS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73949111349     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318197ec6f     Document Type: Article

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