Evaluation of solid lesions affecting masticator space with diffusion-weighted MR imaging

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 900-907

  Wang, Pingzhong ^a   Yang, Jie ^b   Yu, Qiang ^a   Ai, Songtao ^a   Zhu, Wenjing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH AND TEETH; MOUTH DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955306709     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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