Diagnosis of liver metastases: Value of diffusion-weighted MRI compared with gadolinium-enhanced MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1431-1441

  Hardie, Andrew D ^a   Naik, Mohit ^a   Hecht, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Chandarana, Hersh ^a   Mannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Taouli, Bachir ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Contrast enhanced T1 weighted imaging; Diffusion weighted MRI; Liver metastases; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952093129     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1695-9     Document Type: Review

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