title: Determination of T1- and T2-relaxation times in the spleen of patients with splenomegaly.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients with known splenomegaly and seven healthy volunteers were examined. The T1 and T2 relaxation times were read out from a region of interest centrally in the spleen. Even though different mean T1 and T2 relaxation times were found between the groups, the great scatter and the considerable overlap between the groups makes the contribution of relaxation time measurements to the differential diagnosis of splenomegaly of limited value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Josephsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Juhl
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Henriksen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D013154:Spleen / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors