Diffusion-weighted MRI with parallel imaging technique: Apparent diffusion coefficient determination in normal kidneys and in nonmalignant renal diseases

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 432-440

  Macarini, Luca ^a   Stoppino, Luca Pio ^a   Milillo, Paola ^a   Ciuffreda, Pierpaolo ^a   Fortunato, Francesca ^b   Vinci, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent Diffusion Coefficient; Benign renal lesions; Diffusion weighted imaging; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Kidney

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BENIGN RENAL LESIONS; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY;

DISEASES; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78449300196     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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