Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the testis in hydrocele: A pilot study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-195

  Gulum, Mehmet ^a   Cece, Hasan ^a   Yeni, Ercan ^a   Savas, Murat ^a   Ciftci, Halil ^a   Karakas, Ekrem ^a   Celik, Hakim ^b   Yagmur, Ismail ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Hydrocele; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESSURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TESTIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 84866261858     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339132     Document Type: Article

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