Magnetization transfer contrast of hepatic lesions in breath-hold gradient-echo images of different T1 weighting

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-285

  Schick, Fritz ^a   Stern, Wolfgang ^a   Forster, Jürgen ^a   Laniado, Michael ^a   Lutz, Otto ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver lesions; Magnetization transfer contrast; MRI; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031397299     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070204     Document Type: Article

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