Improved detection of metastatic melanoma by T2*-weighted imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 605-608

  Gaviani, P ^a   Mullins, M E ^b,c   Braga, T A ^a   Hedley Whyte, E T ^b,c   Halpern, E F ^b,c   Schaefer, P S ^b,c   Henson, John W ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CONTENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745914962     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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