Characterization of soft tissue masses: Can quantitative diffusion weighted imaging reliably distinguish cysts from solid masses?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1583-1592

  Subhawong, Ty K ^a   Durand, Daniel J ^b   Thawait, Gaurav K ^b   Jacobs, Michael A ^b   Fayad, Laura M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion weighted imaging; Musculoskeletal; Soft tissue tumors; T2 weighted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MAPPING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST APPROVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE CYST; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885423633     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1703-7     Document Type: Article

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