The usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging in the characterization of liver lesions in patients with cirrhosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 708-715

  Sandrasegaran, K ^a   Tahir, B ^a   Patel, A ^a   Ramaswamy, R ^a   Bertrand, K ^a   Akisik, F M ^a   Saxena, R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878310111     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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