Comparison of T2-weighted MRI with and without fat suppression for differentiating renal angiomyolipomas without visible fat from other renal tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 765-771

  Chung, Mi Sun ^a   Choi, Hyuck Jae ^a   Kim, Mi Hyun ^a   Cho, Kyoung Sik ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Fat suppression; Kidney neoplasm; MRI; T2 weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; FAT SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL INTENSITY; TUMOR FAT SUBTRACTION INDEX; TUMOR TO KIDNEY SIGNAL INTENSITY RATIO; TUMOR TO SPLEEN SIGNAL INTENSITY RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897010067     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11058     Document Type: Article

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