Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 194-201 , April 2009

Differentiating Benign and Malignant Soft Tissue Masses by Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Role of Tissue Component Analysis

  • Chun-Ku Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hung-Ta Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hung-Ta Wu, Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hong-Jen Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chao-Jung Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chao-Hsuan Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Cheng-Yen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wei-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 19 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70053-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 194-201 , April 2009

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