Chemical-shift MRI of pulmonary hamartomas: Initial experience using a modified technique to assess nodule fat

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hochhegger, Bruno ^a,b   Marchiori, Edson ^b   Dos Reis, Daniela Quinto ^a   Souza, Arthur Soares ^c   Souza, Luciana Soares ^c   Brum, Taua ^a   Irion, Klaus L ^d  

^a Santa Casa de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c São Jose do Rio Preto School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical shift MRI; CT; Diagnostic radiology; Lung neoplasm; MRI; Pulmonary hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRANODULAR FAT; LUNG HAMARTOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL INTENSITY;

EID: 84865600379     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8056     Document Type: Article

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