Isotropic diffusion-weighted MR imaging with tetrahedral gradients in the upper abdomen

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Kim, Tonsok ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Onishi, Hiromitsu ^a   Tsuboyama, Naohiro ^b   Osuga, Keigo ^a   Tomoda, Kaname ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Hirano, Masaya ^c   Nozaki, Atsushi ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diffusion; Liver; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34249719574     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.5.201     Document Type: Article

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