Appearance of low signal intensity lines in MRI of silicone breast implants

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 983-988

  Stroman, Patrick W ^a,b   Rolland, Catherine ^a,b   Dufour, Marie ^a   Grondin, Pierre ^a   Guidoin, Robert G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Intracapsular rupture; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prostheses; Silicone

Indexed keywords

GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHETICS; SAMPLING; SILICONES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIBROUS CAPSULES; MAMMARY PROSTHESES; SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE;

EID: 0030152574     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)84672-2     Document Type: Article

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