Conspicuity of liver hemangiomas: Short tau inversion recovery, T1, and T2 imaging with gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-397

  Brody, Jeffrey M ^a   Schafer, Leah ^a   Tung, Glenn A ^a   Breuer, Josy ^b   Shamsi, Kohkan ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast; Gadolinium; Hemangioma; Hepatocyte; Liver

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 15944381528     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20289     Document Type: Article

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