Breath-held MR cholangiopancreatography with half-averaged single shot hybrid rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement sequence: Comparison of fast GRE and SE sequences

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 798-802

  Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^b   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a   Hachiya, Junichi ^a   Mizutani, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Breath holding; Cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance imaging, techniques

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO; INTENSITY RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, TECHNIQUE; MR CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SINGLE-SHOT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BREATH HOLDING; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0029786638     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199609000-00022     Document Type: Article

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