Utility of diffusion-weighted MRI in characterization of adrenal lesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Miller, Frank H ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a   Yaghmai, Vahid ^a   Merrick, Laura ^a   Larson, Andrew ^a   Berggruen, Senta ^a   Casalino, David D ^a   Nikolaidis, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal lesions; Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted MRI (DWI); Lipid poor adrenal lesions; Lipid rich adrenal lesions; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID POOR ADENOMA; LIPID RICH ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 76149133635     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2891     Document Type: Article

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