CT histogram analysis: Differentiation of angiomyolipoma without visible fat from renal cell carcinoma at CT imaging

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 472-479

  Ji, Yeon Kim ^a   Jeong, Kon Kim ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Cho, Kyoung Sik ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; FAT; IOPAMIDOL; IOPAMIRO 300; IOPROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39549086778     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462061312     Document Type: Article

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