Comparison of inversion-recovery gradient- and spin-echo and fast spin- echo techniques in the detection and characterization of liver lesions

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 427-434

  Pijl, Milan E J ^a   Wasser, Martin N J M ^a   Van Persijn Van Meerten, Els L ^a   Gratama, Jan Willem C ^a   Van De Velde, Cornelis J H ^a   Hermans, Jo ^a   Elevelt, Aaldert ^b   Bloem, Johan L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis; Liver neoplasms, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031758544     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807569     Document Type: Article

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