Characterization of mediastinal lymphadenopathy with diffusion-weighted imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-172

  Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel ^a   Elkammary, Sahar ^a   Elmorsy, Ahmed Saad ^a   Elshafey, Mohsen ^a   Elhadedy, Tamer ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Lymph node; Mediastinal; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL MALIGNANT LYMPHADENOPATHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79451474674     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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