A simple way to acquire T 1-weighted MR images of rat liver with respiratory triggering

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Morikawa, Shigehiro ^a   Murayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujimoto, Sakae ^a   Shiino, Akihiko ^a   Inubushi, Toshiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gd EOB DTPA; Rat liver; Respiratory triggering; T 1 weighted image

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRIGGERING;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RESPIRATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84857112756     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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