Value of MR findings in predicting the nature of the soft tissue lesions: Benign, malignant or undetermined lesion?

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Soler, Rafaela ^a   Castro, José M ^a   Rodríguez, Esther ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; masses; MR; neoplasm; soft tissue; soft tissue lesions

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE;

BENIGN TUMORS; INFECTION; MALIGNANT TUMORS; PATHOLOGY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

EID: 0030572168     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-6111(96)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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