Value of opposed-phase gradient-echo technique in distinguishing between benign and malignant vertebral lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1811-1818

  Zampa, Virna ^a,c   Cosottini, Mirco ^a   Michelassi, Maria Chiara ^a   Ortori, Simona ^a   Bruschini, Luca ^b   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Neurorehabilitation Unit of the Hospital of Pisa   (Italy)

^c CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Chemical shift imaging; MR studies; MRI; Secondary neoplasm; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPONDYLITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036635431     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1229-6     Document Type: Article

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