Magnetic resonance measurement of diffusion in the abdomen

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Perman, William H ^a   Balci, Numan Cem ^a   Akduman, Isin ^a   Kuntz, Edward ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 74249107370     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3181c0d772     Document Type: Article

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