Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging of the Breast

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-386

  Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek ^a   Gaballa, Gada ^a   Denewer, Adel ^a   Tawakol, Ismail ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

breast cancer; Diffusion; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

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

EID: 75749097257     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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