Contrast-enhanced free-breathing 3D T1-weighted gradient-echo sequence for hepatobiliary MRI in patients with breath-holding difficulties

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3087-3093

  Reiner, C S ^a   Neville, A M ^a   Nazeer, H K ^a   Breault, S ^a   Dale, B M ^b   Merkle, E M ^a,c   Bashir, M R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image quality; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radial acquisition; T1 weighted free breathing GRE sequence

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885955619     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2910-2     Document Type: Article

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