Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: Comparison of navigator triggered and breathhold acquisitions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-568

  Taouli, Bachir ^a   Sandberg, Alison ^a   Stemmer, Alto ^b   Parikh, Tejas ^a   Wong, Samson ^a   Xu, Jian ^c   Lee, Vivian S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Liver; Single shot EPI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 69449085107     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21876     Document Type: Article

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