Breath-hold T2-weighted MRI of the liver at 3 T using the BLADE technique: Impact upon image quality and lesion detection

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-433

  Rosenkrantz, A B ^a   Mannelli, L ^a   Mossa, D ^a   Babb, J S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADE TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953019185     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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