Challenges in dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging of cervical lymph nodes to detect metastatic disease

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-462

  Noworolski, Susan M ^a   Fischbein, Nancy J ^a   Kaplan, Michael J ^a   Lu, Ying ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a   Carvajal, Lucas ^a   Henry, Roland G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; Lymph nodes; Neck; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOTION; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0037380399     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10280     Document Type: Article

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