Breast MRI: Are T2 IR sequences useful in the evaluation of breast lesions?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Ballesio, Laura ^a   Savelli, Sara ^a   Angeletti, Marco ^a   Porfiri, Lucio Maria ^a   D'Ambrosio, Ilaria ^a   Maggi, Claudia ^a   Castro, Elisabetta Di ^a   Bennati, Paolo ^a   Fanelli, Gloria Pasqua ^a   Vestri, Anna Rita ^a   Manganaro, Lucia ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast tumors; Differential diagnosis; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; BENIGN LESION; BI-RADS; BREAST; BREAST IMAGING; BREAST LESION; BREAST MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING; BREAST MRI; BREAST TUMORS; DATA SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC MODALITY; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MALIGNANT LESION; MR IMAGING; POTENTIAL TOOL; REGION OF INTEREST; ROC ANALYSIS; ROC CURVES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

DIAGNOSIS;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649234558     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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