Proton MR spectroscopy in normal breasts between pre- and postmenopausal women: A preliminary study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Wang, Jane ^a,b   Torng, Pao Ling ^b   Liu, Tsang Pai ^c,d   Chen, Kuan Lin ^a   Shin, Tiffany Ting Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast MRI; MR spectroscopy; MRI; Normal breast; Postmenopause; Premenopause; Single voxel proton MR spectroscopy (1H MRS)

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; LIPID; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTONS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER;

EID: 38849123650     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2437     Document Type: Article

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