title: [Relaxation time measurements in the differential magnetic resonance tomographic diagnosis of liver tumors].
abstract: T1-weighted IR sequences and T2-weighted SE sequences and combined SE/IR sequences were carried out in 62 patients with malignant and 50 patients with benign liver tumours and the T1 and T2 relaxation times were measured. IR sequences proved the most sensitive method for imaging focal liver lesions and providing good contrast between liver tissue and tumour. For lesions above 1.5 cm, quantitative MRI achieved an accuracy better than 95% in distinguishing between haemangiomas and malignant lesions. Routine quantitative measurements of relaxation times were sufficiently reproducible for clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik der Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steudel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Träber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dewes
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Schlolaut
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Köster
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
vernacular_title: Relaxationszeitmessungen in der kernspintomographischen Differentialdiagnose von Lebertumoren.