Apparent diffusion coefficients of breast tumors: Clinical application

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Hatakenaka, Masamitsu ^a   Soeda, Hiroyasu ^a   Yabuuchi, Hidetake ^a   Matsuo, Yoshio ^a   Kamitani, Takeshi ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Breast; Cellularity; MR imaging; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 52649160824     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.7.23     Document Type: Article

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