Focal hepatic lesion detection: Comparison of four fat-suppressed T2- weighted MR imaging pulse sequences

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 363-371

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

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033045332     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.2.r99ma23363     Document Type: Article

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