Is quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI a reliable method in the assessment of the inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis?

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-298

  Kiliçkesmez, Özgür ^a   Soylu, Aliye ^b   Yaşar, Nurgül ^b   Demirbaş, Tuna ^b   Dolapçoǧlu, Can ^c   Poturoǧlu, Şule ^d   Sevindir, Isa ^b   Cimilli, Tan ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Mental Health Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE WALL; LYMPH NODE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; SIGMOID; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON, SIGMOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78650097575     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2989-09.1     Document Type: Article

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