Magnetic resonance whole body imaging at 3 Tesla: Feasibility and findings in a cohort of asymptomatic medical doctors

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-96

  Lo, Gladys G ^a   Ai, Victor ^a   Au Yeung, K M ^a   Chan, John K F ^a   Li, K W ^a   Chien, Daisy ^a  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Image interpretation, computed assisted; Magnetic resonance imaging; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; THYROID DISEASE; TUMOR; WHOLE BODY MRI; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 47249153952     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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