Role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3196-3201

  Cui, Xing Yu ^a   Chen, Hong Wei ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLANGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954364158     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i25.3196     Document Type: Article

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