Magnetic resonance imaging of the liver: Apparent diffusion coefficients from multiexponential analysis of b values greater than 50 s/mm2 do not respond to caloric intake despite increased portal-venous blood flow

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-146

  Pazahr, Shila ^a   Nanz, Daniel ^a   Rossi, Cristina ^a   Chuck, Natalie ^a   Stenger, Ingo ^b   Wurnig, Moritz C ^a   Schick, Fritz ^c   Boss, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; diffusion weighted imaging; liver; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER EXAMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; WHOLE BODY MRI; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894078037     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000005     Document Type: Article

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