Is postcontrast trueFISP imaging advantageous?

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 517-523

  Jung, Bettina ^a,b   Krombach, Gabriele A ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Buecker, Arno ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Steady state imaging; TrueFISP

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 4143074672     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000131476.52176.44     Document Type: Article

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