3-T MRI: Usefulness for evaluating primary lung cancer and small nodules in lobes not containing primary tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 386-392

  Yi, Chin A ^a   Tae, Yeon Jeon ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Jung, Hee Lee ^a   Joon, Beom Seo ^b   Yoon, Kyung Kim ^a   Myung, Jin Chung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High field strength; Lung; Lung neoplasms; Lung nodule; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547608108     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2082     Document Type: Article

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