Simultaneous Multislice Accelerated Free-Breathing Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Liver at 3T

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2323-2330

  Obele, Chika C ^a   Glielmi, Christopher ^b   Ream, Justin ^a   Doshi, Ankur ^a   Campbell, Naomi ^a,c   Zhang, Hoi Cheung ^a   Babb, James ^a   Bhat, Himanshu ^d   Chandarana, Hersh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Siemens HealthCare   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Siemens HealthCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Liver MRI; Multiband DWI; Simultaneous multislice acceleration DWI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MULTIBAND DIFFUSION ACQUISITION DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84942500238     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-015-0447-3     Document Type: Article

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