Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver with multiple b values: Effect of diffusion gradient polarity and breathing acquisition on image quality and intravoxel incoherent motion parameters - A pilot study

Radiology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 920-929

  Dyvorne, Hadrien A ^a   Galea, Nicola ^a   Nevers, Thomas ^a   Fiel, M Isabel ^a   Carpenter, David ^a   Wong, Edmund ^a   Orton, Matthew ^b   De Oliveira, Andre ^c   Feiweier, Thorsten ^c   Vachon, Marie Louise ^a   Babb, James S ^d   Taouli, Bachir ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREATHING ACQUISITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION GRADIENT POLARITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874334443     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12120686     Document Type: Article

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