Radiological assessment of mesenteric and retroperitoneal cysts in adults: Is there a role for chemical shift MRI?

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Ayyappan, Anoop P ^a,b   Jhaveri, Kartik S ^a   Haider, Masoom A ^a  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical shift MRI; Lymphangioma; Mesentery; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; CYSTIC LESION; IMAGING TESTS; IN-PHASE; LYMPHANGIOMA; MEAN AGES; MESENTERY; MR IMAGES; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; RETROPERITONEUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL LOSS; SIMPLE FLUIDS;

CHEMICAL SHIFT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RATING; RESONANCE; ULTRASONICS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MESENTERY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROPERITONEAL CYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERIC CYST; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952151636     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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