Role of high-field MR in studies of localized prostate cancer

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-79

  Lagemaat, Miriam W ^a   Scheenen, Tom W J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Dynamic contrast enhanced imaging; Endorectal coil; Magnetic field strength; Prostate cancer; Spectroscopic imaging; T2W MRI

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING; ENDORECTAL COIL; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; PROSTATE CANCERS; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UROLOGY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING; ENDORECTAL COIL; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; PROSTATE CANCER; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; T2W-MRI;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84890863353     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2967     Document Type: Article

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