Diagnostic potential of virtual cystoscopy of the bladder: MRI vs CT. Preliminary report

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-312

  Bernhardt, T M ^a,b   Schmidl, H ^a   Philipp, C ^a   Allhoff, E P ^a   Rapp Bernhardt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder tumor; CT; Cystoscopy; MRI; Virtual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0038756485     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1444-9     Document Type: Article

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