T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the liver: Comparison of fat-suppressed GRASE with conventional spin echo, fat-suppressed turbo spin echo, and gradient echo at 1.0 T

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-145

  Karantanas, A H ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fast sequences; Imaging MRI; Liver; Pulse sequences MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035112549     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002610000126     Document Type: Article

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