Comparison of three different injection methods for arterial phase of Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MR imaging of the liver

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tamada, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a   Yoshida, Koji ^a   Kanki, Akihiko ^a   Higaki, Atsushi ^a   Tanimoto, Daigo ^a   Higashi, Hiroki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Contrast enhancement; Contrast media; Gd EOB DTPA; Liver; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DILUTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INJECTION; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80755128911     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.082     Document Type: Article

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