Detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging with simultaneously obtained in-phase and opposed-phase echo images

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-116

  Sugihara, Eiji ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Kim, Tonsok ^b   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Takamura, Manabu ^b   Kawata, Shuji ^b   Okada, Atsuya ^b   Khankan, Azzam Anwar ^b   Tomoda, Kaname ^b   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Double echo; Dynamic magnetic resonance (MR); Fast low angle shot sequence (FLASH); In phase; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging; Opposed phase

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SHIFT; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETISM;

DOUBLE-ECHO; DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOTS; FAST LOW-ANGLE SHOT SEQUENCE; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; IN-PHASE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OPPOSED-PHASE; PHASE IMAGE; PHASE IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038390157     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200303000-00002     Document Type: Article

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