Value of chemical shift subtraction MRI in characterization of adrenal masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-135

  Savci, Gursel ^a   Yazici, Zeynep ^a   Sahin, Neslin ^a   Akgöz, Semra ^a   Tuncel, Ercan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Adrenal gland; Genitourinary tract imaging; MRI; MRI technique

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33644846085     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1370     Document Type: Article

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