Echo Planar MR Imaging of the Liver: Comparison of Images with and Without Motion Probing Gradients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-90

  Moteki, Takao ^a   Sekine, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Echo planar MRI; Fast imaging; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYSTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0348225184     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10430     Document Type: Article

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