Evaluation of dual-source parallel RF excitation for diffusion-weighted whole-body MR imaging with background body signal suppression at 3.0 T

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3614-3623

  Mürtz, Petra ^a   Kaschner, Marius ^a   Träber, Frank ^a   Kukuk, Guido M ^a   Büdenbender, Sarah M ^a   Skowasch, Dirk ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^a,b   Schild, Hans H ^a   Willinek, Winfried A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; MR diffusion weighted imaging; Oncology; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866977438     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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