Peripheral neurogenic tumors: is the use of different types of imaging diagnostically useful?

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-205

  Amoretti, Nicolas ^a   Grimaud, Anne ^a   Hovorka, Etienne ^a   Chevallier, Patrick ^a   Roux, Christian ^a   Bruneton, Jean Noël ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Peripheral neurogenic tumors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

LESIONS; NERVOUS TUMORS; PERIPHERAL NEUROGENIC TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY (US);

TUMORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMUR; FINGER; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33746086396     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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