MR imaging of the prostate at 3.0T with external phased array coil - Preliminary results

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Morakkabati Spitz, Nuschin ^a   Bastian, P J ^c   Gieseke, J ^a,b   Traber F ^a   Kuhl, C K ^a   Wattjes, M P ^a   Muller S C ^a   Schild, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 47349105464     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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