Detection of liver malignancy with gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI: Is addition of diffusion-weighted MRI beneficial?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-496

  Kim, Young Kon ^a,c   Kim, Chong Soo ^a   Han, Young Min ^a   Lee, Young Hwan ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955467283     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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