Lesions of the petrous apex: Classification and findings at CT and MR imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-173

  Razek, Ahmed Abdel ^a   Huang, Benjamin Y ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PETROUS BONE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855744682     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.321105758     Document Type: Article

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