Pancreatic masses with inconclusive findings on spiral CT: Is there a role for MRI?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-588

  Semelka, Richard C ^a   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^a   Molina, Paul L ^a   Sharp, Tonya J ^b   Calvo, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreas, CT, 770.121; Pancreas, MR studies, 770.1214; Pancreas, neoplasms, 770.30

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030183149     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060405     Document Type: Article

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