Diagnosis of liver metastases: Can diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) be used as a stand alone sequence?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1016-1023

  Kenis, Christoph ^a,b   Deckers, Filip ^a   De Foer, Bert ^a   Van Mieghem, François ^a   Van Laere, Steven ^a   Pouillon, Marc ^a  

^a SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Gadolinium; Liver neoplasms; Metastases

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859978289     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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