Hepatic MR imaging with a dynamic contrast-enhanced isotropic volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination: Feasibility, reproducibility, and technical quality

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 365-372

  Lee, Vivian S ^a   Lavelle, Michael T ^a   Rofsky, Neil M ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^b   Thomasson, David M ^b   Krinsky, Glenn A ^a   Weinreb, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver, blood supply; Liver, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), technology; Magnetic resonance (MR), three dimensional; Magnetic resonance (MR), treatment planning; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034101239     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma16365     Document Type: Article

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