Usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging in the evaluation of renal masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 438-445

  Sandrasegaran, Kumaresan ^a   Sundaram, Chandru P ^a   Ramaswamy, Raja ^a   Akisik, Fatih M ^a   Rydberg, Magnus P ^a   Lin, Chen ^a   Aisen, Alex M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Papillary renal cell carcinoma; Renal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 76149144765     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3024     Document Type: Article

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