Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Visual Assessment by Using Pleural Pointillism at Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging

Johan Coolen,Frederik De Keyzer,Philippe Nafteux,Walter De Wever,Christophe Dooms,Johan Vansteenkiste,Aurélie Derweduwen,Ilse Roebben,Eric Verbeken,Paul De Leyn,Dirk Van Raemdonck,Kristiaan Nackaerts,Steven Dymarkowski,Johny Verschakelen

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Visual Assessment by Using Pleural Pointillism at Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging

2015

Johan Coolen
Frederik De Keyzer
Philippe Nafteux
Walter De Wever
Christophe Dooms
Johan Vansteenkiste
Aurélie Derweduwen
Ilse Roebben
Eric Verbeken
Paul De Leyn
Dirk Van Raemdonck
Kristiaan Nackaerts
Steven Dymarkowski
Johny Verschakelen

Visual assessment of pleural pointillism on high-b-value diffusion-weighted images seems to be a reasonably accurate tool for diagnosing malignant pleural disease.

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Radiology
Pointillism
Mesothelioma
Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging
Medicine
Pleural disease
pleural mesothelioma
visual assessment

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