Discrimination between benign and malignant in vertebral marrow lesions with diffusion weighted MRI and chemical shift

Background: Although the spine is the most common site of bone metastasis and the third most common site for metastatic disease following the lung and the liver, benign vertebral fracture due to osteopenia occurs in one third of cancer patients making it essential to determine whether the cause of v...

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Main Authors: Mary Y. Tadros, Amir L. Louka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X16000383