Complexities of MRI and false positive findings

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1154, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-258

  Khanna, Sanjeev ^a,b   Crues III, John V ^a  

^a Radnet Pronet   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Chemical shift; Erosions; Fat suppression; Imaging; Masses; MRI; MRI physics; Pitfalls; Tendons

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TENDON;

EID: 60549117693     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04393.x     Document Type: Review

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