Adrenal masses: Quantification of fat content with double-echo chemical shift in-phase and opposed-phase FLASH MR images for differentiation of adrenal adenomas

Radiology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 642-646

  Namimoto, T ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Mitsuzaki, K ^a   Nakayama, Y ^a   Makita, O ^a   Kadota, M ^a   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, MR; Adrenal gland, neoplasms; Fat, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), Chemical shift; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

FAT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0035114178     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.3.r01mr15642     Document Type: Article

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