Fast spin-echo triple-echo dixon: Initial clinical experience with a novel pulse sequence for fat-suppressed T2-weighted abdominal MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-577

  Low, Russell N ^a   Ma, Jingfei ^b   Panchal, Neeraj ^a  

^a San Diego Imaging Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 point Dixon; Abdomen; Fat suppression; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAST SPIN ECHO IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLE ECHO DIXON IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69449108412     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21880     Document Type: Article

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