Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the normal pancreas: Reproducibility and variations of apparent diffusion coefficient measurement at 1.5-and 3.0-Tesla

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 418-427

  Barral, M ^a   Soyer, P ^b,c,d   Ben Hassen, W ^a   Gayat, E ^b,c   Aout, M ^b   Chiaradia, M ^a,e,f   Rahmouni, A ^a,e,f   Luciani, A ^a,e,f  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Université René Diderot   (France)

^e FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^f INSERM U955   (France)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted MRI; MR imaging; Pancreas; Reproducibility assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PANCREAS;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878187987     PISSN: 22115706     EISSN: 22115714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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