Characterization of focal liver lesions using quantitative techniques: Comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient values and T2 relaxation times

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2514-2524

  Cieszanowski, Andrzej ^a   Anysz Grodzicka, Agnieszka ^a   Szeszkowski, Wojciech ^a   Kaczynski, Bartosz ^a   Maj, Edyta ^a   Gornicka, Barbara ^a   Grodzicki, Mariusz ^a   Grudzinski, Ireneusz P ^a   Stadnik, Anna ^a   Krawczyk, Marek ^a   Rowinski, Olgierd ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Echo planar imaging; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T2 RELAXATION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870330889     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2519-x     Document Type: Article

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