Usefulness of diffusion-weighted MRI in diagnosis of upper urinary tract cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Yoshida, Soichiro ^a   Masuda, Hitoshi ^a   Ishii, Chikako ^b   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Kawakami, Satoru ^a   Kihara, Kazunori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ochanomizu Surugadai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diagnosis; Diffusion weighted imaging; Ureteral neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650847296     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4632     Document Type: Article

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