Identification of breast calcification using magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5429-5436

  Fatemi Ardekani, Ali ^a,b   Boylan, Colm ^a,b   Noseworthy, Michael D ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Microcalcification; MRI; Susceptibility weighted imaging; SWI

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARAMAGNETISM; TISSUE;

BREAST; BREAST MICROCALCIFICATION; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CALCIUM; GADOLINIUM; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 72049106352     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3250860     Document Type: Article

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