Diffusion weighted imaging in the liver

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1567-1576

  Kele, Petra G ^a   van der Jagt, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign neoplasms; Diffusion; Diffusion weighted imaging; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; OXALIPLATIN; SORAFENIB;

ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 77950886874     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i13.1567     Document Type: Review

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