Fatty tissue on opposed-phase MR images: Paradoxical suppression of signal intensity by paramagnetic contrast agents

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-357

  Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Stolpen, Alan H ^b   Siegelman, Evan S ^b   Bolinger, Lizann ^b   Outwater, Eric K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), chemical shift; Magnetic resonance (MR), fat suppression; Magnetic resonance (MR), phase imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR), tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 0030043691     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.2.8596831     Document Type: Article

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