Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with short T1 inversion recovery-echo planar imaging combined with dual-head coincidence single photon emission computed tomography for diagnosing solitary pulmonary nodule

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3717-3721

  Wang, Wei ^a   Xu, Jin Zhi ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Shen, Bao Zhong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision tree analysis; Diffusion weighted imaging; Dual head coincidence single photon emission computed tomography; Lung cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Solitary pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 78650625016     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.24.037     Document Type: Article

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