MR imaging of the prostate at 3 tesla: Comparison of an external phased-array coil to imaging with an endorectal coil at 1.5 tesla

Academic Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Sosna, Jacob ^a   Pedrosa, Ivan ^a   Dewolf, William C ^a   Mahallati, Houman ^a   Lenkinski, Robert E ^a   Rofsky, Neil M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; MR; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRUNK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3442902504     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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