3T MRI in evaluation of asbestos-related thoracic diseases - Preliminary results

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-96

  Podobnik, Janez ^a   Kocijancic, Igor ^a   Kovac, Viljem ^b   Sersa, Igor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

3T; Asbestos related thoracic disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

3T NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS RELATED THORACIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; THORAX DISEASE;

EID: 77953005933     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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