Quantitative CT evaluation of adrenal gland masses: A step forward in the differentiation between adenomas and nonadenomas?

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 517-521

  Szolar, Dieter H ^a   Kammerhuber, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, neoplasms; Adrenat gland, CT; Computed tomography (CT), contrast enhancement; Computed tomography (CT), helical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031035190     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.2.9015083     Document Type: Article

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