Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT and MRI for pulmonary nodule assessment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 515-529

  Ohno, Yoshiharu ^a   Nishio, Mizuho ^a   Koyama, Hisanobu ^a   Miura, Sachiko ^b   Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Matsumoto, Sumiaki ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Dual source CT; Dynamic contrast enhanced CT; Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; VASCULOTROPIN;

CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH VESSEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896714542     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11888     Document Type: Review

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