Determination of malignancy and characterization of hepatic tumor type with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: Comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient and intravoxel incoherent motion-derived measurements

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 722-728

  Doblas, Sabrina ^a   Wagner, Mathilde ^a   Leitao, Helena S ^a,b   Daire, Jean Luc ^a   Sinkus, Ralph ^a   Vilgrain, Valérie ^a   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; IVIM parameters; liver tumors; tumor characterization; tumor malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883767152     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182915912     Document Type: Article

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