Apparent diffusion coefficient values of mediastinal masses in children

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1311-1314

  Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek ^a   Soliman, Nermin ^a   Elashery, Rasha ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child; Diffusion; Mediastinium; MR imaging; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84860743241     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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