European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 216-224 , December 2002

Differentiation of metastatic versus non-metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer using respiratory-triggered short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) turbo spin-echo MR imaging

  • Daisuke Takenaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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  • Yoshiharu Ohno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-78-382-6104; fax: +81-78-382-6129
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  • Hiroto Hatabu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Chiho Ohbayashi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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  • Masahiro Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic and Pediatric Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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  • Yutaka Ohkita

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic and Pediatric Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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  • Kazuro Sugimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan

Received 5 September 2002 ,Revised 6 September 2002 ,Accepted 9 September 2002.

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European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 216-224 , December 2002

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