Free-breathing echo-planar imaging based diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the liver with prospective acquisition correction

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-378

  Asbach, Patrick ^a   Hein, Patrick A ^a   Stemmer, Alto ^b   Wagner, Moritz ^a   Huppertz, Alexander ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Taupitz, Matthias ^a   Klessen, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Echo planar imaging; Liver imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Respiratory triggering

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; QUALITY CONTROL; RESONANCE; TISSUE;

B VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHO SEQUENCES; FREE BREATHING; LIVER IMAGING; RESPIRATORY TRIGGERING; SOFT TISSUE; TURBO SPIN ECHOS; WEIGHTED SEQUENCES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND; VISCERAL METASTASIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 45849113260     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3180dc930c     Document Type: Article

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