Diffusion-Weighted MRI in the Detection of Prostate Cancer: Meta-Analysis
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- 1 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 199 (4) , 822-829
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to estimate and compare the performance of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with other MRI techniques including T2-weighted MRI for the detection of prosta...Keywords
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