Dynamic GD-enhanced MR imaging of hepatic hemangioma: Is high temporal resolution requisite for characterization?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-41

  Urhahn, Reinhard ^a   Kilbinger, Markus ^a   Drobnitzky, Matthias ^a   Mans Peine, Gudrun ^a   Neuerburg, Jörg ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Gd DTPA; Hepatic hemangioma; Magnetization prepared GRE MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030047533     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(95)02042-R     Document Type: Article

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