Comparison of unenhanced CT and chemical shift MRI in evaluating lipid-rich adrenal adenomas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-219

  Israel, Gary M ^a   Korobkin, Melvyn ^b   Wang, Chun ^a   Hecht, Elizabeth N ^a   Krinsky, Glenn A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPLEEN;

EID: 2942715233     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.1.1830215     Document Type: Article

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