3.0t mr diffusion-weighted imaging: Evaluating diagnosis potency of pulmonary solid benign lesions and malignant tumors and optimizing b value

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 853-857

  Li, Weidong ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Liu, Haidong ^b   Zhou, Rongchao ^a   Feng, Changchao ^c   Ma, Yan ^a   Yu, Tielian ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (China)

^c Department of Radiology   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Lung; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 81755160922     PISSN: 10093419     EISSN: 19996187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2011.11.04     Document Type: Article

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