Differentiating hepatic abscess from malignant mimickers: Value of diffusion-weighted imaging with an emphasis on the periphery of the lesion

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1333-1341

  Park, Hyun Jeong ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Jang, Kyung Mi ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Park, Min Jung ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); hepatic abscess; malignant tumor; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); HEPATIC ABSCESS; MALIGNANT TUMOR; MRI;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890082470     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24112     Document Type: Article

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