Optimization of Gd-DTPA-enhanced balanced turbo field echo sequence in abdominal imaging: A basic study

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Nasu, Katsuhiro ^a   Kuroki, Yoshifumi ^a   Kuroki, Seiko ^b   Murakami, Koji ^a   Nawano, Shigeru ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced turbo field echo; Flow velocity; Gd DTPA; K space ordering; Steady state free precession

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 24344445306     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.3.65     Document Type: Article

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