Preoperative detection of small pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Value of adding diffusion-weighted imaging to conventional MR imaging for improving confidence level

Radiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 433-443

  Park, Min Jung ^a   Kim, Young Kon ^b   Choi, Seo Youn ^c   Rhim, Hyunchul ^b   Lee, Won Jae ^b   Choi, Dongil ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84910034857     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132563     Document Type: Article

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