Comparison of diffusion-weighted images using short inversion time inversion recovery or chemical shift selective pulse as fat suppression in patients with breast cancer

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Kazama, Toshiki ^a,b   Nasu, Katsuhiro ^a,c   Kuroki, Yoshifumi ^a,d   Nawano, Shigeru ^a,e   Ito, Hisao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Diffusion weighted imaging; Fat suppression; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67650413678     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-009-0314-7     Document Type: Article

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