Evaluation of liver hemangiomas using three different b values on diffusion MR

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-363

  Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Kocakoc, Ercan ^a   Gul, Yeliz ^a   Dagli, A Ferda ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; DWI; Hemangioma; Liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; DWI; HEMANGIOMA; LESION SIZE; LIVER TISSUE; MEAN VALUES; MRI; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TISSUE;

LIVER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956968573     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.065     Document Type: Article

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