Intraobserver and interobserver variability in the calculation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) from diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) of breast tumours;Variabilità intra-osservatore e inter-osservatore nel calcolo del coefficiente di diffusione apparente (ADC) con risonanza magnetica pesata in diffusione (RM-DW) nei tumori della mammella

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 466-476

  Petralia, G ^a   Bonello, L ^b   Summers, P ^a   Preda, L ^a   Malasevschi, A ^b   Raimondi, S ^a,b   Di Filippi, R ^a   Locatelli, M ^a   Curigliano, G ^a   Renne, G ^a   Bellomi, M ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 79955702479     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0616-z     Document Type: Article

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