Optimization of scanning parameters for MR elastography at 3.0 T clinical unit: Volunteer study

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 441-446

  Shinagawa, Yoshinobu ^a   Mitsufuji, Toshimichi ^a   Morimoto, Shoichi ^a   Nakamuta, Ryuji ^a   Urakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Ayako ^a   Fujimitsu, Ritsuko ^a   Takano, Koichi ^a   Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Magnetization encoding gradient; MR elastography; Parameter optimization; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904857893     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-014-0320-2     Document Type: Article

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