Breast MRI: Not ready for routine practice

Applied Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 16-19

  Kuzmiak, Cherie M ^a   Pisano, Etta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036746766     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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