Fast gradient echo MR imaging of the liver enhanced with superparamagnetic iron oxide

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 651-655

  Fishbein, Mark ^a,b   Long, Fred ^a   Smith, Mark ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast gradient echo; Liver; Spin echo; Superparamagnetic iron oxide

Indexed keywords

SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 0030747065     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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