Reproductibility of apparent diffusion coefficients measurements in diffusion-weighted MRI of the abdomen with different b values

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2066-2068

  Bilgili, Mirace Yasemin Karadeniz ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; ADC; b value; Reproductibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864686885     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.045     Document Type: Article

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