MR imaging of the liver: Comparison between single-shot echo-planar and half-Fourier rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement sequences

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Mitsuzaki, Katsuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), echo planar; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031862271     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.2.9577477     Document Type: Article

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