Fat-suppressed t2-weighted mr imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma and metastases: Comparison of conventional spin-echo, fast spin-echo, and echoplanar pulse sequences

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-32

  Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^b   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Itoh, Kyo ^c   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Inaba, Yoshitaka ^d   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR); Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), echoplanar; Pulse sequences; Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC)

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0032792616     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199907)10:1<25::AID-JMRI4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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