Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 8-16 , February 2008

Menstrual variation of breast volume and T2 relaxation times in cyclical mastalgia

  • Zainab Hussain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, University of Liverpool, Johnstone Building, Brownlow Hill, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GB, UK
    • Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Johnstone Building, Brownlow Hill, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GB, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Liverpool, Johnstone Building, Brownlow Hill, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GB, UK. Tel.: +44 151 794 5763; fax: +44 151 794 5776.
    • ,
  • Jonathan Brooks

      Affiliations

    • Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Johnstone Building, Brownlow Hill, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GB, UK
    • Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • Dave Percy

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK

Received 16 December 2005 ,Accepted 28 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.07.003

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