Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: Usefulness of ADC values in the differential diagnosis of focal lesions and effect of ROI methods on ADC measurements

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-312

  Filipe, João Pedro ^a,c   Curvo Semedo, Luís ^a   Casalta Lopes, João ^b   Marques, Maria Cristina ^a   Caseiro Alves, Filipe ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Beco das Palheiras no7 ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Focal hepatic lesions; Liver MRI; Liver segment II; Region of interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879089174     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0348-1     Document Type: Article

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