Local staging of rectal cancer: The current role of MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Klessen, Christian ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a   Taupitz, Matthias ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Rectal cancer; Rectal carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OXIDES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846413177     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0388-x     Document Type: Article

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