Detection of focal liver lesions in unenhanced and ferucarbotran-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: a comparison of T2-weighted breath-hold and respiratory-triggered sequences

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1223-1229

  Rief, Matthias ^a   Wagner, Moritz ^a   Franiel, Tobias ^a   Bresan, Viola ^b   Taupitz, Matthias ^a   Klessen, Christian ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Asbach, Patrick ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik am See   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lesion detection; Liver imaging; Respiratory triggering; SPIO

Indexed keywords

FERUCARBOTRAN; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 70349994302     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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