Head and neck paragangliomas: Improved tumor detection using contrast-enhanced 3D time-of-flight MR angiography as compared with fat-suppressed MR imaging techniques

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 863-870

  Van Den Berg, René ^a   Verbist, Berit M ^a   Mertens, Bart J A ^b   Van Der Mey, Andel G L ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FAT SUPPRESSED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGANGLIOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442693064     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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