Detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: A pictorial review

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-308

  Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Kawada, Hiroshi ^a   Noda, Yoshifumi ^a   Aomatsu, Akinori ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Liver; MR imaging; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

BONE METASTASIS; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ABSCESS; ADENOMA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879505924     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9940-0     Document Type: Review

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