Diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS): Technical improvement using free breathing, STIR and high resolution 3D display

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Takahara, Taro ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^a   Yamashita, Tomohiro ^a   Yasuda, Seiei ^a   Nasu, Seiji ^a   Van Cauteren, Marc ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Diffusion weighted images; DWIBS; STIR; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHEMICAL SHIFT SELECTIVE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED WHOLE BODY IMAGING WITH BACKGROUND BODY SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NECK CANCER; SHORT TI INVERSION RECOVERY ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; SPIN ECHO ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; THORAX CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644278852     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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