N/2 ghosting artifacts: Elimination at 3.0-T MR cholangiography with SPACE pulse sequence

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 589-595

  Haystead, Clare M ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Merkle, Elmar M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT; BILE FLOW; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ALGORITHM; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39549115232     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462061674     Document Type: Article

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