Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: A comprehensive review

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 77-83

  Mannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Bhargava, Puneet ^a   Osman, Sherif F ^a   Raz, Eytan ^b   Moshiri, Mariam ^a   Laffi, Giacomo ^c   Wilson, Gregory J ^d   Maki, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ASCITES; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878119031     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: 15356302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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