Comparison of conventional single echo and multi-echo sequences with a Fast Spin-Echo sequence for quantitative T2 mapping: Application to the prostate

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-607

  Liney, Gary P ^a   Knowles, Adrian J ^a   Manton, David J ^a   Turnbull, Lindsay W ^a   Blackband, Stephen J ^a   Horsman, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo; MRI; Prostate; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

CARCINOMA; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; WATER;

EID: 0030183444     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060408     Document Type: Article

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