Diffusion-weighted MRI versus transient elastography in quantification of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic cholestatic liver diseases

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2500-2506

  Kova, Jelena Djokić ^a   Daković, Marko ^b   Stanisavljević, Dejana ^b   Alempijević, Tamara ^b   Jeić, Rada ^b   Seferović, Petar ^b   Maksimović, Ruica ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cholestatic liver diseases; Diffusion weighted imaging; Elastography; Liver fibrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865254369     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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