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Adrenal MRI: Techniques and clinical applications
Author(s) -
Siegelman Evan S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.23601
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , adrenal gland , radiology , medicine , clinical imaging , medical physics , clinical history , medical imaging , computer science , pathology , surgery
The article reviews current magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques and illustrates the MRI features of the commonly encountered lesions of the adrenal gland. MR may not always be able to characterize an adrenal mass. In these instances, reviewing the patient's clinical history and prior imaging can usually differentiate benign from malignant lesions, even if you cannot establishing an exact tissue diagnosis. The reader is referred to other reviews of adrenal imaging that emphasizes the use of CT and imaging–management algorithms that are beyond the purview of this focused review (1–6). J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2012;36:272–285. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.