Focal liver lesions: Fast T2-weighted MR imaging with half-fourier rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 817-823

  Van Hoe, Lieven ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Aerts, Patrik ^a   Baert, Albert L ^a   Fevery, Johan ^a   Kiefer, Berthold ^b   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029851612     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.3.8939237     Document Type: Article

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