Accurate and rapid quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MR imaging using spoiled gradient-recalled echoes and bookend T1 measurements

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 746-753

  Cron, Greg O ^a,c   Santyr, Giles ^a,c   Kelcz, Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Slice profile; T1 measurement

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST AGENT; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHOS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; QUANTITATIVE DYNAMICS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SLICE PROFILE; TRANSMITTER COILS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0344117718     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199910)42:4<746::AID-MRM17>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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