Breast MR imaging artifacts: How to recognize and fix them

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages

  Harvey, Jennifer A ^a   Hendrick, R Edward ^b   Coll, Jennifer M ^a   Nicholson, Brandi T ^a   Burkholder, Brian T ^a   Cohen, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BREAST DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 36148960183     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.27si075514     Document Type: Review

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