Differentiation between pelvic abscesses and pelvic tumors with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: A preliminary study

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-538

  Chou, Chen Pin ^a,b   Chiou, Shih Hwa ^b,c   Levenson, Robin B ^d   Huang, Jer Shyung ^a,b   Yang, Tsung Lung ^a,b   Yu, Chia Cheng ^a,b   Chiang, An Jen ^a,b   Pan, Huay Ben ^a,b,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted MRI; MRI; Pelvic abscess; Pelvic cystic malignancy

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CYSTIC LESION; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; HYPOINTENSITY; MR IMAGING; PELVIC ABSCESS; PELVIC CYSTIC MALIGNANCY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

TUMORS;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL HYPERINTENSITY; SIGNAL HYPOINTENSITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84865381053     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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