T2-weighted MR imaging for hepatic hemangiomas: Comparison of breath- hold and non-breath-hold turbo spin-echo pulse sequences with phased-array multicoil

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 422-426

  Kim, T K ^a   Wang, W C ^a   Han, J K ^a   Cho, S G ^a   Choi, B I ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioma, gastrointestinal tract; Liver neoplasms, MR; Liver, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031775932     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900372     Document Type: Article

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