Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI of the healthy pancreas: Monoexponential and biexponential apparent diffusion parameters of the normal head, body and tail

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1236-1241

  Ma, Chao ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Li, Yan Jun ^a,b   Chen, Lu Guang ^a   Pan, Chun Shu ^a   Zhang, Yong ^c   Wang, He ^c   Chen, Shi Yue ^a   Lu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; biexponential apparent diffusion; diffusion weighted imaging; IVIM; pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PANCREAS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927699284     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24684     Document Type: Article

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