Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in musculoskeletal MRI: A critical review

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-681

  Khoo, Michael M Y ^a   Tyler, Philippa A ^a   Saifuddin, Asif ^a   Padhani, Anwar R ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diffusion MRI; MRI; Musculoskeletal diseases; Therapy response

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18;

BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES;

EID: 79955714428     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1106-6     Document Type: Review

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