Detection of Hepatic Lesion: Comparison of Free-Breathing and Respiratory-Triggered Diffusion-Weighted MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system
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Park, Hye-Young
(Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Cho, Hyeon-Je (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) Kim, Eun-Mi (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) Hur, Gham (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) Kim, Yong-Hoon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) Lee, Byung-Hoon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) |
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