Comparison of short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) and fat- saturated (chemsat) techniques for background fat intensity suppression in cervical and thoracic MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-60

  Nakatsu, Masashi ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a   Itoh, Harumi ^a   Morikawa, Kenji ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Kasagi, Kanji ^a   Shimono, Taro ^a   Shoji, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a   Konishi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest; Fat suppression; Magnetic resonance; Neck

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; THORACIC DISEASES; THORAX;

EID: 17044452746     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200001)11:1<56::AID-JMRI8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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