Magnetization transfer contrast MR in lesions of the head and neck

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-360

  Gillams, Alison R ^a,b   Fuleihan, Nabil ^a   Grillone, Gregory ^a   Carter, Anthony P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head, magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance, magnetization transfer; Neck, magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID;

EID: 0030025259     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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