Liver MR imaging: Comparison of respiratory triggered fast spin echo with T2-weighted spin-echo and inversion recovery

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 433-439

  Keogan, M T ^a   Spritzer, C E ^a   Paulson, E K ^a   Paine, S S ^a   Harris, L ^a   Dahlke, J L ^b   MacFall, J R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo; Liver; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029796948     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900098     Document Type: Article

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