Diffusion weighted imaging of liver lesions suspect for metastases: Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and lesion contrast are independent from Gd-EOB-DTPA administration

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Benndorf, Matthias ^a   Schelhorn, Juliane ^b   Dietzel, Matthias ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a   Baltzer, Pascal A T ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Sophien und Hufeland Klinikum Weimar   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agent effects; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Gd EOB DTPA; Liver MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84864459657     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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