Detection of focal hepatic lesions: Effects of superparamagnetic iron oxide (AMI-25) on magnetic resonance imaging of the liver using T2-weighted fast spin-echo sequences and gradient-and-spin-echo sequences at 1.0 tesla

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Jung, Gregor ^a   Krahe, Thomas ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^b   Walter, Christof ^a   Lackner, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast imaging; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance; Pulse sequences; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031957755     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199802000-00001     Document Type: Article

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