Hepatic MR imaging: Comparison of RARE derived sequences with conventional sequences for detection and characterization of focal liver lesions

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Reimer, P ^a   Rummeny, E J ^a   Wissing, M ^a   Bongartz, G M ^a   Schuierer, G ^a   Peters, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterization; Detection; Hepatic imaging; MRI; RARE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0029824698     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900097     Document Type: Article

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