Comparison of in-phase and opposed-phase GRE and conventional SE MR pulse sequences in T1-weighted imaging of liver lesions

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 890-897

  Martín, Julio ^a,c   Sentis, Melcior ^a   Puig, Jordi ^b   Rué, Montserrat ^a   Falcó, Joan ^b   Donoso, Lluis ^b   Zidan, Ahmed ^a  

^a Unitat Diagn per Imatge d'Alta T   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UDIAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Liver, diseases; Liver, neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging, chemical shift; Magnetic resonance imaging, comparative studies; Magnetic resonance imaging, rapid

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; MAGNETISM;

COMPARATIVES STUDIES; IMAGING CHEMICALS; IN-PHASE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER LESIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CHEMICAL SHIFT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, RAPID; T1-WEIGHTED;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0029802418     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199611000-00005     Document Type: Article

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