Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements of the pancreas, pancreas carcinoma, and mass-forming focal pancreatitis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-139

  Wiggermann, Philipp ^a   Grützmann, Robert ^b   Weissenböck, Angelika ^b   Kamusella, Peter ^b   Dittert, Dag Daniel ^b   Stroszczynski, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; ANATOMICAL INFORMATION; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CONTROL GROUPS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC CANCERS; PANCREATIC TISSUE; REGION OF INTEREST;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TISSUE; USER INTERFACES;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 84858817768     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.100252     Document Type: Article

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