Determination of the optimal MRI sequence for the detection of malignant lung nodules

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 336-342

  Luboldt, W ^a   Wetter, A ^a   Eichler, K ^a   Vogl, T J ^a   Wagner, T O F ^a   Seemann, M D ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant lung nodules; MRI; STIR sequence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 33748714760     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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