Diffusion-weighted MRI and optimal b-value for characterization of liver lesions

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 532-542

  Kaya, Bilal ^a,b   Koc, Zafer ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

B value; Cholangiocellular cancer; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Focal lesions; Hepatocellular cancer; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Metastasis; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISEASES; LIVER; OPTIMIZATION;

B VALUE; CHOLANGIOCELLULAR CANCER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOCAL LESIONS; HEPATOCELLULAR; METASTASIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B VALUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902129485     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113502017     Document Type: Article

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