Water excitation MPRAGE: An alternative sequence for postcontrast imaging of the abdomen in noncooperative patients at 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1146-1154

  Altun, Ersan ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Abdominal imaging; MPRAGE; MR; Noncooperative patients; Water excitation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

ABDOMEN; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 42949126590     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21346     Document Type: Article

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