Feasibility of application of sensitivity encoding to the breath-hold T2-weighted turbo spin-echo sequence for evaluation of focal hepatic tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 497-504

  Kim, Young Kon ^a   Kim, Chong Soo ^a   Chung, Gyung Ho ^a   Jeon, Su Bin ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLD TURBO SPIN ECHO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACT; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 15944426136     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840497     Document Type: Article

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