Focal liver lesions: Breathhold gradient- and spin-echo T2-weighted imaging for detection and characterization

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-528

  Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Hirota, Shozo ^b   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^c   Yoshigi, Jun ^d   Maeda, Takaki ^e   Fujii, Masahiko ^c   Sugimura, Kazuro ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

GRASE; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33645666657     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20544     Document Type: Article

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