Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions of the chest-mediastinum;Ruolo della risonanza magnetica con sequenze pesate in diffusione nella diagnosi differenziale di lesioni benigne e maligne del distretto toracomediastinico

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-733

  Tondo, F ^a   Saponaro, A ^a   Stecco, A ^a   Lombardi, M ^a   Casadio, C ^a   Carriero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest lesions; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Thoracopulmonary MRI

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARCINOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961210518     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0629-1     Document Type: Article

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