Adrenal Lesions with Heterogeneous Suppression on Chemical Shift Imaging: Clinical Implications

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-316

  Gabriel, Helena ^a   Pizzitola, Victor ^a,b   McComb, Erin N ^a   Wiley, Elizabeth ^a   Miller, Frank H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal gland CT; Adrenal gland MR; Adrenal gland neoplasms; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1542349157     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20007     Document Type: Article

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