Can diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) alone be used as a reliable sequence for the preoperative detection and characterisation of hepatic metastases? A meta-analysis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-584

  Wu, Lian Ming ^a   Hu, Jiani ^b   Gu, Hai Yan ^a   Hua, Jia ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced MRI; Diffusion weighted MRI; Hepatic metastases; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84872675631     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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