Classification of hypervascularized lesions in CE MR imaging of the breast

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1087-1092

  Baum, E ^a   Fischer, U ^a   Vosshenrich, R ^a   Grabbe, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; MRI of the breast; Specificity; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036580534     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1213-1     Document Type: Article

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