Differentiation between hemangiomas and cysts of the liver with single-shot fast-spin echo image using short and long TE

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 687-690

  Kiryu, Shigeru ^a,c   Okada, Yoshitaka ^b   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a Medical Research Division   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysts; Hemangioma; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

SPIN POLARIZATION;

CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO; CYST; ECHO SEQUENCES; FAST SPIN ECHOS; HAEMANGIOMA; LESION SIZE; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SINGLE-SHOT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036760530     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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