Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 867-872 , July 2008

The Effect of Susceptibility of Gadolinium Contrast Media on Diffusion-weighted Imaging and the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient

  • Akio Ogura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 1-2 Higashitaka-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
    • Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.O.
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  • Katsumi Hayakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 1-2 Higashitaka-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Tosiaki Miyati, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
    • ,
  • Fumie Maeda, RT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 1-2 Higashitaka-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Received 30 September 2007 ,Accepted 26 December 2007.

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PII: S1076-6332(08)00038-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.12.020

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 867-872 , July 2008

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