Zoomed EPI-DWI of the pancreas using two-dimensional spatially-selective radiofrequency excitation pulses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Riffel, Philipp ^a   Michaely, Henrik J ^a   Morelli, John N ^b   Pfeuffer, Josef ^c   Attenberger, Ulrike I ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Haneder, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PARALLEL TRANSMIT ARRAY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE SHOT ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; ZOOMED DIFFUSION WEIGHTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897086228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089468     Document Type: Article

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