Effect of flip angle for optimization of image quality of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced biliary imaging at 1.5 T

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-96

  Kim, Sooah ^a   Mussi, Thais C ^a   Lee, Lawrence J ^a   Mausner, Elizabeth V ^a   Cho, Kyunghee C ^a   Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadoxetate sodium; Hepatobiliary imaging; MR cholangiography

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEMALE; FLIP ANGLE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84871872660     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8722     Document Type: Article

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