Interobserver and intraobserver variability of the apparent diffusion coefficient in treated malignant hepatic lesions on a 3.0T machine: Measurements in the whole lesion versus in the area with the most restricted diffusion

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-653

  Lu, Tri Linh C ^a   Meuli, Reto A ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro M ^a   Bize, Pierre ^a   Denys, Alban ^a   Schmidt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77956300035     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22301     Document Type: Article

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