Gradient- and spin-echo T2-weighted imaging for SPIO-enhanced detection and characterization of focal liver lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 712-719

  Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Hirota, Shozo ^b   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^c   Oda, Kazushige ^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 KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646192968     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20572     Document Type: Article

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