BLADE acquisition method improves T2-weighted MR images of the female pelvis compared with a standard fast spin-echo sequence

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 796-801

  Fujimoto, Koji ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Tamai, Ken ^a   Morisawa, Nobuko ^a   Okada, Tomohisa ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLADE; Female pelvis; Periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction; PROPELLER; T2 weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STANDARD FAST SPIN ECHO; UTERUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80755143508     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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