The effect of gadolinium chelate contrast agent on diffusion-weighted imaging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Conclusion: With increasing SI and SNR of PDA, intravenous contrast administration does not result in a significant difference in quantitative ADC measurements when comparing precontrast to postcontrast DWI when acquired approximately 6-7 min after administration. PMID: 23386737 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Radiologica - February 5, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Liu K Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research