Diffusion-attenuated MRI signal of renal allografts: Comparison of two different statistical models

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Blondin, Dirk ^a   Lanzman, Rotem Shlomo ^a   Klasen, Janina ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Miese, Falk ^a   Kröpil, Patric ^a   Wittsack, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Functional imaging; MRI; Renal allograft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; MONOEXPONENTIAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOPSY; CREATININE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79960507926     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5775     Document Type: Article

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