Characterization of small (≤10 mm) focal liver lesions: Value of respiratory-triggered echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Holzapfel, Konstantin ^a   Bruegel, Melanie ^a   Eiber, Matthias ^a   Ganter, Carl ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Heinrich, Petra ^a   Rummeny, Ernst J ^a   Gaa, Jochen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Echo planar imaging; Focal liver lesions; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MR IMAGING; MR SEQUENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE STANDARD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-SHOT;

DIAGNOSIS; FOCUSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

LIVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77954244168     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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