Single-shot diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging of normal and cirrhotic livers using a phased-array multicoil

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 440-442

  Amano, Yasuo ^a,b   Kumazaki, T ^a   Ishihara, M ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver, cirrhosis; MR, phased array multicoil imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032112086     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859809172460     Document Type: Article

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