The efficiency of apparent diffusion coefficient quantification in diagnosis of acute cholecystitis and in differentiation of cholecystitis from extrinsic benign gallbladder wall thickening

Beyazal, MEHMET; Avcu, Serhat; BEYAZAL ÇELİKER, FATMA; Yavuz, Alpaslan; Toktaş, Osman

doi:10.1007/s11604-014-0343-8

The efficiency of apparent diffusion coefficient quantification in diagnosis of acute cholecystitis and in differentiation of cholecystitis from extrinsic benign gallbladder wall thickening

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Beyazal M., Avcu S., BEYAZAL ÇELİKER F., Yavuz A., Toktaş O.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, vol.32, no.9, pp.545-551, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 32 Issue: 9
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1007/s11604-014-0343-8
Journal Name: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.545-551
Keywords: Acute cholecystitis, Diffusion weighted imaging, Apparent diffusion coefficient quantification, Extrinsic benign gallbladder wall thickening, WEIGHTED MRI, INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY, LESIONS, CANCER
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to assess the efficiency of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in diagnosis of acute cholecystitis and in differentiation of cholecystitis from extrinsic benign gallbladder wall thickening.