Is quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI a reliable method in the assessment of the inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis?

We investigated the relationship between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the colonic wall and the pathologic pericolonic lymph nodes (PCLNs) and inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis patients by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI). A total of 28 ulcerative...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) Turkey), 2010-12, Vol.16 (4), p.293-298
Hauptverfasser:	Kılıçkesmez, Ozgür, Soylu, Aliye, Yaşar, Nurgül, Demirbaş, Tuna, Dolapçıoğlu, Can, Poturoğlu, Sule, Sevindir, Isa, Cimilli, Tan
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Colitis, Ulcerative - complications Colitis, Ulcerative - pathology Colon, Sigmoid - pathology Contrast Media Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Female Gadolinium DTPA Humans Image Enhancement - methods Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods Inflammation - complications Inflammation - pathology Lymph Nodes - pathology Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Rectum - pathology Reproducibility of Results
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