MR imaging of the normal appendix and acute appendicitis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-165

  Nitta, Norihisa ^a   Takahashi, Masashi ^a   Furukawa, Akira ^a   Murata, Kiyoshi ^a   Mori, Masayuki ^b   Fukushima, Masanobu ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Hoyu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Anatomy; Fat suppressed image; MRI; Normal appendix; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ASCITES; CECAL DISEASES; CELLULITIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 12744277937     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20241     Document Type: Article

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