Diagnostic performance of conventional diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging for the liver fibrosis and inflammation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-207

  Tosun, Mesude ^a   Inan, Nagihan ^a   Sarisoy, Hasan Tahsin ^a   Akansel, Gur ^a   Gumustas, Sevtap ^a   Gürbüz, Yeşim ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted MRI; Fibrosis; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871924059     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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