Evaluation of benign and malignant vertebral lesions with diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient measurements

Aim of the work: The aim of this study was to assess the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient obtained in diffusion-weighted MR imaging for the differentiation between benign and malignant vertebral lesions, and to determine the sensitivity and the specificity in differentiating benign and mali...

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Main Authors: Khaled Abdel Wahab Abo Dewan, Alsiagy A. Salama, Hassan Mostafa Saber El habashy, Ayman El Sayed Khalil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X15000030