T2-weighted MRI of the Upper Abdomen:. Comparison of Four Fat-Suppressed T2-weighted Sequences Including PROPELLER (BLADE) Technique

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-374

  Bayramoglu, Sibel ^a   Kilickesmez, Özgür ^a   Cimilli, Tan ^a   Kayhan, Arda ^a   Yirik, Gülseren ^a   Islim, Filiz ^a   Alibek, Sedat ^b  

^a BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BLADE; fat suppression; liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75749141605     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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