Does T2-weighted MR imaging improve preoperative detection of malignant hepatic tumors? Observer performance study in 49 surgically proven cases

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Itoh, Kyo ^b   Ito, Katsuyoshi ^c   Maetani, Yoji ^b   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Matsuo, Masayuki ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^c   Konishi, Junji ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat suppressed T2 weighted fast spin echo; Gadolinium enhanced gradient recalled echo; Liver; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 13944249184     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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