Diffusion-weighted imaging of mucinous carcinoma of the breast: Evaluation of apparent diffusion coefficient and signal intensity in correlation with histologic findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Woodhams, Reiko ^a,b,c   Kakita, Satoko ^a   Hata, Hirofumi ^a   Iwabuchi, Keiichi ^a   Umeoka, Shigeaki ^b   Mountford, Carolyn E ^b   Hatabu, Hiroto ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADC valve; Breast; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Mucinous carcinoma of the breast

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67650290789     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1670     Document Type: Article

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