Hepatic MRI using the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique.

Yu, Jeong-Sik; Park, Jun-Gyun; Jeong, Eun-Kee; Park, Mi-Suk; Kim, Ki Whang · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2007

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Abstract

The objective of our study was to describe the merits and drawbacks of the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique for hepatic MRI. With complementary information from two different dynamic imaging sets in conjunction with errorless subtraction between in- and out-of-phase images, the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique provides useful information regarding unpredictable variations in intra- or extralesional lipid content, allowing detailed assessment of focal lesions during hepatic MRI.

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