Gadoxetic acid disodium-enhanced hepatocyte phase MRI: Can increasing the flip angle improve focal liver lesion detection?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-139

  Haradome, Hiroki ^a,b   Grazioli, Luigi ^a   Al Manea, Khalid ^a   Tsunoo, Mika ^a   Motosugi, Utaroh ^c   Kwee, Thomas C ^d   Takaraha, Taro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

flip angle; gadoxetic acid disodium; hepatocyte phase; liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83755188638     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22805     Document Type: Article

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