MR imaging of solitary pulmonary lesion: Emphasis on tuberculomas and comparison with tumors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 629-637

  Chung, Myung Hee ^a   Lee, Hae Giu ^a   Kwon, Soon Suck ^a   Park, Seog Hee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary infection; Pulmonary neoplasm; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOMA;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0342657083     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200006)11:6<629::AID-JMRI9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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