Acquisition and Interpretation Guidelines of Breast Diffusion-Weighted MRI (DW-MRI): Breast Imaging Study Group of Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Recommendations |
Kang, Bong Joo
(Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Min Jung (Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital) Shin, Hee Jung (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center) Moon, Woo Kyung (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) |
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