Adrenal masses: Correlation between CT attenuation value and chemical shift ratio at MR imaging with in-phase and opposed-phase sequences

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 749-752

  Outwater, Eric K ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^b   Huang, Abbott B ^a   Birnbaum, Bernard A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, CT; Adrenal gland, MR; Adrenal gland, neoplasms; Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), tissue characterization; Magnetic resonance (MR), chemical shift; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), tissue characterization; Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC)

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0029840375     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.3.8756926     Document Type: Article

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