MR Imaging of the Adrenal Glands: 1.5T versus 3T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Merkle, Elmar M ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34548712907     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2007.06.008     Document Type: Review

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