Reproducibility of measurement of apparent diffusion coefficients of malignant hepatic tumors: Effect of DWI techniques and calculation methods

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1131-1138

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Soo Lee, Seung ^a   Bumwoo Park, ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Kim, Jeong Kon ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^a   Byun, Jae Ho ^a   Song, Ki Jun ^b   Koo, Ja Heung ^a   Kyung Choi, Eun ^a   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; diffusion weighted images; liver; magnetic resonance image; neoplasm; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867828629     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23744     Document Type: Article

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