Comparison of monopolar and bipolar diffusion weighted imaging sequences for detection of small hepatic metastases

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1626-1630

  Furuta, Akihiro ^a   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Yamashita, Rikiya ^a   Ohno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawahara, Seiya ^a   Shimizu, Hironori ^a   Shibata, Toshiya ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artefact; Diffusion weighted imaging; Distortion; Eddy currents; Image quality; Liver metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPOLAR DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84906312782     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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