Role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 5805-5812

  Koike, Naoto ^a   Cho, Akihiro ^b   Nasu, Katsuhiro ^c   Seto, Kazuhiko ^a   Nagaya, Shigeyuki ^d   Ohshima, Yuji ^a   Ohkohchi, Nobuhiro ^c  

^a Seirei Sakura Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

^b Chiba Cancer Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d Seirei Mikatabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Hepatic tumor; Liver imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FERUCARBOTRAN; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER;

EID: 74049128007     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5805     Document Type: Article

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