Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in differentiating benign and malignant pediatric abdominal tumors

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 836-845

  Gawande, Rakhee S ^a   Gonzalez, Gabriel ^a   Messing, Solomon ^b   Khurana, Aman ^a   Daldrup Link, Heike E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign; Children; Diffusion weighted imaging; Malignant; MRI; Pediatric abdominal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; STRENGTH; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879780069     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2626-0     Document Type: Article

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