Small (<1.5 Cm) angiomyolipomas of the kidney: Characterization by the combined use of in-phase and fat-attenuated MR techniques

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Burdeny, Derek A ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^a   Reinhold, Caroline ^b   Ascher, Susan M ^c  

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

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angiomyolipomas; chemical shift imaging; fat suppression; Kidney; MR imaging; opposed phase imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 0030951609     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00370-0     Document Type: Article

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