Diffusion-weighted MRI for detecting liver metastases: Importance of the b-value

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-

  Kwee, Thomas C ^a   Takahara, Taro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM ETHOXYBENZYL DIETHYLENETRIAMINE PENTAACETIC ACID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B VALUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650552899     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1919-z     Document Type: Letter

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