Diffusion-weighted imaging in the characterization of focal liver lesions: Efficacy of visual assessment

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-331

  Battal, Bilal ^a   Kocaoglu, Murat ^a   Akgun, Veysel ^b   Karademir, Ibrahim ^c   Deveci, Salih ^a   Guvenc, Inanc ^a   Bulakbasi, Nail ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Golcuk Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Izmir Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ADC map; Diffusion weighted imaging; liver; magnetic resonance imaging; neoplasm

Indexed keywords

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MAPS; COEFFICIENT VALUES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; IMAGING SEQUENCE; MALIGNANT LESION; NEOPLASM; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ASSESMENT;

EID: 79957826809     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318216efeb     Document Type: Article

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