Characterization of adrenal lesions: Comparison of 2D and 3D dual gradient-echo MR imaging at 3 T - preliminary results

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-187

  Marin, Daniele ^a   Soher, Brian J ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Boll, Daniel T ^a   Youngblood, Richard S ^a   Merkle, Elmar M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75349086001     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09090486     Document Type: Article

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