Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1223-1229 , November 2009

Detection of focal liver lesions in unenhanced and ferucarbotran-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: a comparison of T2-weighted breath-hold and respiratory-triggered sequences

  • Matthias Rief

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Moritz Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Tobias Franiel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Viola Bresan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Klinik am See, Seebad 84, 15562 Rüdersdorf/Berlin, Germany
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  • Matthias Taupitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Christian Klessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Bernd Hamm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Patrick Asbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 30 450 627 417; fax: +49 30 450 527 911.

Received 13 October 2008 ,Revised 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 May 2009.

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PII: S0730-725X(09)00083-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.001

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1223-1229 , November 2009

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