Differentiation between hepatic cyst and hemangioma: Additive value of breath-hold, multisection fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery magnetic resonance imaging using half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo-spin-echo sequence

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Sasaki, Katsumi ^a   Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a   Koike, Shinji ^a   Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Okazaki, Hajime ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FLAIR HASTE; Hepatic cyst; Hepatic hemangoma; Liver MR; Unenhanced MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREATH HOLDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HALF FOURIER ACQUISITION SINGLE SHOT TURBO SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISECTION FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 11144352815     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20226     Document Type: Review

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