Contrast-enhanced ultra-high-field liver MRI: A feasibility trial

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 760-767

  Umutlu, Lale ^a,b   Bitz, Andreas K ^a,b   Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Orzada, Stephan ^a,b   Kinner, Sonja ^a,b   Kraff, Oliver ^a,b   Brote, Irina ^a,b   Ladd, Susanne C ^a,b   Schroeder, Tobias ^a,b   Forsting, Michael ^a,b   Antoch, Gerald ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Quick, Harald H ^b,c   Lauenstein, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 T abdominal MRI; 7 T liver MRI; Highfield MRI; Liver MRI; Ultra high field imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COILED BODY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875709138     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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