MR-diffusion weighted imaging of healthy liver parenchyma: Repeatability and reproducibility of apparent diffusion coefficient measurement

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 912-920

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Pasquinelli, Filippo ^a   Mazzoni, Lorenzo Nicola ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^a   Virgili, Gianni ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging (DwI); Intra inter observer agreement; Liver imaging; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL;

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 77950894817     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22117     Document Type: Article

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