Scan time minimization in hepatic diffusion-weighted imaging: evaluation of the simultaneous multislice acceleration technique with different acceleration factors and gradient preparation schemes

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 739-749

  Taron, Jana ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Schwenzer, Nina F ^a   Erb, Michael ^a   Kuestner, Thomas ^b   Weiß, Jakob ^a   Othman, Ahmed ^a   Notohamiprodjo, Mike ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Schraml, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Diffusion weighted imaging; Liver; Monopolar; Scan time minimization; Simultaneous multislice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962010063     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: 13528661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-016-0553-4     Document Type: Article

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