Can diffusion-weighted imaging be used as a reliable sequence in the detection of malignant pulmonary nodules and masses?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-246

  Wu, Lian Ming ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a   Hua, Jia ^a   Gu, Hai Yan ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Haacke, E M ^b   Hu, Jiani ^b  

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

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Meta analysis; Pulmonary nodules and masses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; WATER;

EID: 84872685149     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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