Diffusion-weighted imaging of biliopancreatic disorders: Correlation with conventional magnetic resonance imaging

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 4102-4117

  Lee, Nam Kyung ^a   Kim, Suk ^a   Kim, Gwang Ha ^a   Kim, Dong Uk ^a   Seo, Hyung Il ^a   Kim, Tae Un ^a   Kang, Dae Hwan ^a   Jang, Ho Jin ^b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Armed Forces Seoul Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biliary tract; Diffusionweighted imaging; Gallbladder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMPYEMA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PELVIS; PYONEPHROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84867695504     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i31.4102     Document Type: Article

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