Liver lesion conspicuity: T2-weighted breath-hold fast spin-echo MR imaging before and after gadolinium enhancement - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 455-460

  Yong Yeon Jeong, ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Holland, G A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis, 761.312, 761.319, 761.323; Liver, MR, 761.121411, 761.121412, 761.12143; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement, 761.12143

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035063667     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.219.2.r01ma09455     Document Type: Article

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