Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: comparison of image quality between monopolar and bipolar acquisition schemes at 3T

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-298

  Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a   Geppert, Christian ^b   Kiritsy, Michael ^a   Feiweier, Thorsten ^c   Mossa, David J ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3T MRI; Bipolar gradients; Diffusion weighted imaging; Image quality; Liver; Monopolar gradients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921752474     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0215-9     Document Type: Article

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