3T diffusion-weighted MRI of the thyroid gland with reduced distortion: Preliminary results

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1028, 2013, Pages

  Taviani, V ^a   Nagala, S ^a   Priest, A N ^a   McLean, M A ^b   Jani, P ^a   Graves, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID GLAND; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84880892052     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130022     Document Type: Article

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