Fast Dixon-Based Multisequence and Multiplanar MRI for Whole-Body Detection of Cancer Metastases

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1154-1162

  Ma, Jingfei ^a   Costelloe, Colleen M ^a   Madewell, John E ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel N ^a   Green, Marjorie C ^a   Cao, Guang ^b   Sun, Fei ^b   Kundra, Vikas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer metastases; Fast Dixon sequences; Multi sequence imaging; Multiplanar imaging; Whole body MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; METASTASIS; MULTIPLANAR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTISEQUENCE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; WHOLE BODY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 66149138402     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21746     Document Type: Article

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