Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging in the liver: comparison of mono-, bi- and tri-exponential modelling at 3.0-T

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1541-1550

  Cercueil, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Petit, Jean Michel ^a,b   Nougaret, Stéphanie ^c   Soyer, Philippe ^d   Fohlen, Audrey ^e   Pierredon Foulongne, Marie Ange ^c   Schembri, Valentina ^c   Delhom, Elisabeth ^c   Schmidt, Sabine ^f   Denys, Alban ^f   Aho, Serge ^b   Guiu, Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; IVIM; Liver; MRI; Signal model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939951532     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3554-6     Document Type: Article

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