Value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images for discrimination of focal benign and malignant hepatic lesions: A meta-analysis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Xia, Dong ^a   Jing, Jiyong ^b   Shen, Haiping ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^b  

^a Linan People's Hospital   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant hepatic lesions; Meta analysis; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954130060     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22211     Document Type: Article

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