Comparative study of image quality between axial T2-weighted BLADE and turbo spin-echo MRI of the upper abdomen on 3.0 T

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 585-590

  Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Tian, ChunMei ^b   Wang, PeiYuan ^b   Chen, Liang ^b   Mao, XiJin ^b   Wang, ShanShan ^b   Wang, Xu ^b   Dong, JingMin ^b   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BLADE; Image artifact; MRI; PROPELLER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ABDOMEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941992896     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-015-0463-9     Document Type: Article

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