Value of T2-weighted MR imaging in differentiating low-fat renal angiomyolipomas from other renal tumors

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Choi, Hyuck Jae ^a   Kim, Jeong Kon ^a   Ahn, Hanjong ^b   Kim, Choung Soo ^b   Kim, Mi Hyun ^a   Cho, Kyoung Sik ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; MRI; Renal cell carcinoma; Signal intensity ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CLINICAL ISSUES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; CUT-OFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; LOW SIGNAL INTENSITY; MR IMAGES; MR IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RENAL CELL; RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; RENAL TUMORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL INTENSITY RATIO; TWO PARAMETER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960935800     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.090491     Document Type: Article

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