Imaging features of small (≤3 cm) pancreatic solid tumors on gadoxetic-acid-enhanced MR imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging: An initial experience

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 916-925

  Jang, Kyung Mi ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Kon ^a   Park, Min Jung ^a   Lee, Mi Hee ^a   Hwang, Jiyoung ^a   Rhim, Hyunchul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Gadoxetic acid; MRI; Neoplasm; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT DILATATION; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR TO PARENCHYMA RATIO; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864020943     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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