Effects of intravenous gadolinium administration and flip angle on the assessment of liver fat signal fraction with opposed-phase and in-phase imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Yokoo, Takeshi ^a   Collins, Julie M ^a   Hanna, Robert F ^a   Bydder, Mark ^a   Middleton, Michael S ^a   Sirlin, Claude B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat quantification; Fatty liver disease; Gadolinium; In phase imaging; Opposed phase imaging; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46849101443     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21375     Document Type: Article

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