MRI of fat necrosis of the breast: The "black hole" sign at short tau inversion recovery

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Trimboli, Rubina M ^a   Carbonaro, Luca A ^b   Cartia, Francesco ^b   Di Leo, Giovanni ^b   Sardanelli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Fat necrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Short tau inversion recovery (STIR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED DYNAMIC T1 WEIGHTED SEQUENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858279628     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.048     Document Type: Article

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