Comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient values among different MRI platforms: A multicenter phantom study

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 433-437

  Kivrak, Ali Sami ^a   Paksoy, Yahya ^a   Erol, Cengiz ^a   Koplay, Mustafa ^a   Özbek, Seda ^a   Kara, Fatih ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAMPOO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84887268215     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2013.13034     Document Type: Article

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