Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in liver fibrosis: Usefulness of normalized ADC using the spleen as reference organ

Faculty Medicine Year: 2013
Type of Publication: ZU Hosted Pages:
Authors:
Tamer Fathy Abdelrazek
Journal: The Egyptian Journal of Radiology andNuclear Medicine The Egyptian Journal of Radiology andNuclear Medicine Volume:
Keywords : Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) , liver fibrosis: Usefulness    
Abstract:
Abstract Objective: The purpose of the current study was to determine the usefulness of the usage of the spleen as a reference organ to normalize liver ADC to improve the diagnostic performance of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) for asse
    
     
 
       

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