Open AccessLesion discrimination with breath-hold hepatic diffusion-weighted imaging: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Zhiguang Chen,
Xu Lu,
Siwei Zhang,
Yan Huang,
Ruihuan Pan
Publication year - 2015
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.v21.i5.1621
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , meta analysis , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , magnetic resonance imaging , diffusion mri , focal nodular hyperplasia , area under the curve , hepatocellular carcinoma , lesion , pathology , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , radiology
To investigate the diagnostic capability of breath-hold diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for differentiation between malignant and benign hepatic lesions.