Gadolinium-enhanced liver magnetic resonance imaging using a 2-point dixon fat-water separation technique: Impact upon image quality and lesion detection

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-101

  Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a   Mannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Kim, Sungheon ^a   Babb, James S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dixon; fat suppression; Liver; VIBE

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMAGE QUALITY;

BREATH-HOLD; DIXON; FAT SUPPRESSION; GADOLINIA; LESION DETECTION; QUALITY DETECTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; VOLUMETRIC INTERPOLATED BREATH-HOLD EXAMINATION; VOLUMETRICS; WATER SEPARATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

2 POINT DIXON WATER FAT SEPARATION METHOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 79551546321     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181f3d57e     Document Type: Article

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