Diagnosis of focal liver lesions suspected of metastases by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI): Systematic comparison favors free-breathing technique

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Baltzer, Pascal A T ^a   Schelhorn, Juliane ^a   Benndorf, Matthias ^a   Dietzel, Matthias ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

DWI; Focal liver lesions; Liver MRI; Metastases; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

DWI; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; LIVER MRI; METASTASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIFFUSION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PATHOLOGY;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH HOLDING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872394238     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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