Prediction rule for characterization of hepatic lesions revealed on MR imaging: Estimation of malignancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 879-884

  Tello, R ^a   Fenlon, H M ^a   Gagliano, T ^a   DeCarvalho, V L S ^a   Yucel, E K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SIZE; COLON CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035085056     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.4.1760879     Document Type: Article

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