Diffusion-weighted MRI of the normal adult pancreas: The effect of age on apparent diffusion coefficient values

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ma, C ^a   Pan, C S ^a   Zhang, H G ^a   Wang, H ^b   Wang, J ^a   Chen, S Y ^a   Lu, J P ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTRUM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84883454292     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2013.05.100     Document Type: Article

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