Diffusion-weighted MRI of the prostate at 3.0 T: Comparison of endorectal coil (ERC) MRI and phased-array coil (PAC) MRI-THE impact of SNR on ADC measurement

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Mazaheri, Yousef ^a   Vargas, H Alberto ^a   Nyman, Gregory ^a   Shukla Dave, Amita ^a   Akin, Oguz ^a   Hricak, Hedvig ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted mri (DW MRI); Endorectal coil (ERC); Phased array coil (PAC); Prostate; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDORECTAL COIL; ENDORECTAL COIL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE ARRAY COIL; PHASED ARRAY COIL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI (DW-MRI); ENDORECTAL COIL (ERC); PHASED-ARRAY COIL (PAC); PROSTATE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR);

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84893677729     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.041     Document Type: Article

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