Adrenal imaging: Why, when, what, and how? Part 2. What technique?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Boland, Giles W L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; CT; MRI; Pet ct characterization

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 78650812531     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4205     Document Type: Review

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