Adrenal masses: CT characterization with histogram analysis method

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 735-742

  Bae, Kyongtae T ^a   Fuangtharnthip, Pornpim ^a   Prasad, Srinivasa R ^a   Joe, Bonnie N ^a   Heiken, Jay P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, CT; Adrenal gland, neoplasms; Computed tomography (CT), quantitative

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041930596     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2283020878     Document Type: Article

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