Single breath-hold diffusion-weighted imaging of the abdomen

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-382

  Chow, Lawrence C ^a   Bammer, Roland ^a   Moseley, Michael E ^a   Sommer, F Graham ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic renal diffusion; Diffusion weighted imaging; Echo planar imaging; Gradient; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0042829273     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10353     Document Type: Article

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