Diffusion tensor imaging of cysts, hemangiomas, and metastases of the liver

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 654-660

  Erturk, Sukru Mehmet ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^b   Kaya, Emel ^a   Yapici, Ozge ^a   Ozell, Abdullah ^a   Mahmutoglu, Soydan ^a   Basak, Muzaffer ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Cyst; Hemangioma; Liver; Metastasis; MR diffusion perfusion

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS;

ABDOMEN; CYST; HEMANGIOMA; METASTASIS; MR-DIFFUSION/PERFUSION;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; CYSTS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905982155     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113504916     Document Type: Article

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