Open AccessRole of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging inthe differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions
Author(s) -
Naoto Koike,
Akihiro Cho,
Katsuhiro Nasu,
Kazuhiko Seto,
Shigeyuki Nagaya,
Yuji Ohshima,
Nobuhiro Ohkohchi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5805
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , magnetic resonance imaging , hemangioma , effective diffusion coefficient , diffusion mri , radiology , pathology , lesion , hepatocellular carcinoma , cyst , contrast enhanced ultrasound , metastasis , nuclear medicine , ultrasound , cancer
To evaluate the utility of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in screening and differential diagnosis of benign and malignant focal hepatic lesions.