Diffusion-weighted MRI in abdominal oncology: Clinical applications

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 832-836

  Sugita, Reiji ^a   Ito, Kei ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^b  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal neoplasms; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 77449157537     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i7.832     Document Type: Review

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