Magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging: Quantitative evaluation of age-related changes in healthy liver parenchyma

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-812

  Pasquinelli, Filippo ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^b   Mazzoni, Lorenzo Nicola ^b   Grazioli, Luigi ^c   Colagrande, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Apparent diffusion coefficient; DwI; Perfusion fraction; Pseudodiffusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION FRACTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDODIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959268185     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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