Accuracy of unenhanced MR imaging in the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis: Study of reproducibility and reliability

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-434

  Scaranelo, Anabel M ^a   Eiada, Riham ^a   Jacks, Lindsay M ^b   Kulkarni, Supriya R ^a   Crystal, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857426255     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110639     Document Type: Article

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