CT and MR imaging of the 'target sign' in metastatic brain disease

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 154-156

  Okamoto, K ^a   Ito, J ^b   Saito, T ^a   Usuda, H ^a   Furusawa, T ^a   Sakai, K ^a   Tokiguchi, S ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; CT; Metastatic brain tumors; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0034008713     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050024     Document Type: Article

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