European Journal of Radiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 200-205 , November 2004

Centrically reordered inversion recovery half-Fourier single-shot turbo spin-echo sequence: improvement of the image quality of oxygen-enhanced MRI

  • Yoshiharu Ohno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-78-382-6104; fax: +81-78-382-6129.
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  • Hiroto Hatabu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Takanori Higashino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Hideaki Kawamitsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Hirokazu Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Daisuke Takenaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kasai Municipal Hospital, 1-13, Yokoo Houzyou-chou, Kasai, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Marc van Cauteren

      Affiliations

    • Philips Medical Systems Corporation, Philips Bldg. 2-13-37, Kohnan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuro Sugimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Received 23 October 2003 ,Revised 2 February 2004 ,Accepted 10 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.02.007

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 200-205 , November 2004

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