Measurements of T1 and T2 relaxation times of colon cancer metastases in rat liver at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3-6, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Gambarota, G ^a   Veltien, A ^a   Van Laarhoven, H ^a   Philippens, M ^a   Jonker, A ^b   Mook, O R ^b   Frederiks, W M ^b   Heerschap, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; High field MR; Liver metastasis; Rat; T1 and T 2 relaxation times

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14944382747     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-004-0068-2     Document Type: Article

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