[Improvement of MR tomography of the liver using a multislice gradient echo sequence]

Rofo. 1989 Mar;150(3):307-15. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1047028.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A prospective study of 52 patients with various focal liver lesions was carried out using a multislice-gradient echo sequence and this was compared with spin-echo sequences. The multislice-gradient echo sequence provides the possibility of obtaining heavily T1-weighted images of the entire liver during one examination, thereby reducing the time of the examination. Contrast is significantly better than that of a T1-weighted spin-echo sequence (p greater than 0.05). The multislice-gradient echo sequence examination, taking 5.4 minutes, provides good and diagnostically useful image quality.

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MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / diagnosis
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis