Respiratory navigated free breathing 3D spoiled gradient-recalled echo sequence for contrast-enhanced examination of the liver: Diagnostic utility and comparison with free breathing and breath-hold conventional examinations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Young, Phillip M ^a,b   Brau, Anja C ^c   Iwadate, Yuji ^d   Vasanawala, Shreyas ^b   Daniel, Bruce L ^b   Tamrazi, Anobel ^b   Herfkens, Robert J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free breathing; Liver; MRI; Respiratory navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FREE BREATHING; GALLSTONE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO SEQUENCE; BREATHING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

EID: 77956802861     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3892     Document Type: Article

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