Comparison of breathhold, navigator-triggered, and free-breathing diffusion-weighted MRI for focal hepatic lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-118

  Choi, Ji Soo ^a,b   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Chung, Yong Eun ^a   Kim, Kyung Ah ^a   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Lim, Joon Seok ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3.0T; diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); free breathing; liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

3.0T; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); FREE-BREATHING; LIVER; MRI;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH HOLDING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880108891     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23949     Document Type: Article

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