Diffusion-weighted imaging of the healthy pancreas: Apparent diffusion coefficient values of the normal head, body, and tail calculated from different sets of b-values

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 861-865

  Schoennagel, Bjoern P ^a   Habermann, Christian R ^a   Roesch, Magdalena ^a   Hahne, Jasmin D ^a   Arndt, Christiane ^a   Kleibeler, Laura ^a   Petersen, Kay U ^a   Graessner, Joachim ^b   Adam, Gerhard ^a   Herrmann, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; b value; diffusion weighted imaging; pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052983596     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22743     Document Type: Article

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