Abdominal radiology (New York)
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To assess the diagnostic effectiveness of arterial spin labeling (ASL) MR imaging in differentiating fat-poor AML from clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). ⋯ ASL MRI performs well in differentiating fat-poor AML from ccRCC in both qualitative and quantitative analyses.
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To assess and compare the performance of liver surface nodularity (LSN) quantification using Gd-BOPTA-enhanced MRI and contrast-enhanced CT for the diagnosis of clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) in patients with cirrhosis. ⋯ The diagnostic performance of MRI-based LSN for detecting CSPH is strong and similar to that of CT-based LSN.
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To retrospectively determine the diagnostic values of vesical imaging reporting and data system (VI-RADS) score for detecting muscle-invasive bladder tumors. ⋯ VI-RADS has an overall good performance in the diagnosis of muscle-invasive tumors.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the proposed rapid NT-MRCP protocol and the conventional NT-MRCP protocol with respect to image quality as well as the acquisition time. ⋯ In conclusion, the proposed rapid MRCP protocol yielded significantly higher overall image quality and better visualization of the pancreaticobiliary tree with a significantly reduced imaging time without deterioration of image quality compared with the conventional MRCP at 3T.