Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , May 2011

T1 hyperintensity of bladder urine at prostate MRI: frequency and comparison with urinalysis findings

  • Andrew B. Rosenkrantz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Tel.: +1 212 263 0232; fax: +1 212 263 6634.
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  • Benjamin E. Niver

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Martin Kopec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas S. Berkman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Herbert Lepor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • James S. Babb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth M. Hecht

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA

Received 10 April 2010 ,Accepted 1 May 2010.

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PII: S0899-7071(10)00107-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.06.001

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , May 2011

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