Revisiting the central gland anatomy via MRI: Does the central gland extend below the level of verumontanum?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-171

  Hansford, Barry Glenn ^a   Peng, Yahui ^a   Jiang, Yulei ^a   Al Ahmadie, Hikmat ^b   Eggener, Scott ^a   Yousuf, Ambereen ^a   Oto, Aytekin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; cancer; central gland; magnetic resonance imaging; prostate; verumontanum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL GLAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERUMONTANUM;

ANATOMY; CANCER; CENTRAL GLAND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE; VERUMONTANUM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890555614     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24086     Document Type: Article

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