Nonsuppressing normal thymus on chemical-shift MR imaging and anterior mediastinal lymphoma: differentiation with diffusion-weighted MR imaging by using the apparent diffusion coefficient
- 15 November 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Radiology
- Vol. 28 (4), 1427-1437
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-017-5142-z
Abstract
To prospectively evaluate usefulness of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in differentiating anterior mediastinal lymphoma from nonsuppressing normal thymus on chemical-shift MR, and to look at the relationship between patient age and ADC.Keywords
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