Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 259-265 , July 2011

The role of dynamic, contrast-enhanced MRI in differentiating lung tumor subtypes

  • Sandra Pauls

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sana Hospitals Lübeck, Kronsforder Allee 71-73, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 451 585 1450; fax: +49 451 585 1971 1450.
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  • Thomas Breining

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Rainer Muche

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biometry, University of Ulm, Schwabstr. 13, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Stefan A. Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Arthur Wunderlich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • S. Krüger

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic I, Medical Faculty, RWTH University Aachen, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Brambs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Sebastian Feuerlein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Received 1 April 2010 ,Accepted 21 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.002

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 259-265 , July 2011

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