Imaging of renal and prostate carcinoma with refractive index radiology

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-103

  Yoon, Cheol Yong ^a   Sung, Duck Je ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Kim, Ae Ri ^a   Oh, Chil Whan ^a   Je, Jung Ho ^c   Weon, Byung Mook ^c   Seol, Seung Kwon ^c   Pyun, Aram ^c   Hwu, Yeukuang ^d   Margaritondo, Giorgio ^e   Joo, Kwan Joong ^b   Yoon, Duck Ki ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Refractive index radiology; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCHROTRON; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; X RAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846283407     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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