The detection and discrimination of malignant and benign focal hepatic lesions: T2 weighted vs diffusion-weighted MRI

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1000, 2011, Pages 319-326

  Yang, D M ^a   Jahng, G H ^a   Kim, H C ^a   Jin, W ^a   Ryu, C W ^a   Nam, D H ^a   Lee, Y K ^a   Park, S Y ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952793511     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/50130643     Document Type: Article

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