title: Ultrafast magnetic resonance scanning of the liver with echo-planar imaging.
abstract: Echo-planar imaging (EPI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique which provides MR images in, typically, 50-100 ms. The potential of EPI as an imaging modality for the liver has been investigated in volunteers and patients with liver disease. Images with improved quality are presented. Obtained at a field strength of 0.52 Tesla, these true unaveraged snap-shot images have larger data arrays, comprising 128 X 128 pixels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Nottingham.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stehling
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Charnley
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Blamire
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ordidge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coxon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mansfield
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed