Advances in breast MRI: Diffusion-weighted imaging of the breast

Breast Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-217

  Kuroki, Yoshifumi ^a   Nasu, Katsuhiro ^b  

^a TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 59149084235     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-008-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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