Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 361-366 , September 2010

Detection of lymph nodes in pelvic malignancies with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

  • Anuradha Saokar

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Tina Islam

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 724 4266; fax: +1 617 726 4891.
    • ,
  • Marion Jantsch

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Mansi A. Saksena

      Affiliations

    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Peter F. Hahn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Mukesh G. Harisinghani

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA

Received 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.004

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 361-366 , September 2010

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