Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of melanoma: In vivo preliminary studies with dynamic contrast-enhanced subtraction

Melanoma Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-371

  Pennasilico, G M ^a   Arcuri, P P ^a   Laschena, F ^a   Potenza, C ^a   Ruatti, P ^a   Bono, R ^a   Sera, F ^a   Falappa, P ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Magnetic resonance dynamic imaging; Melanoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHM; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036021008     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200208000-00009     Document Type: Article

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