title: Balanced turbo field-echo sequence for MRI of parotid gland diseases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A balanced turbo field-echo (FE) sequence is a balanced steady-state free precession sequence used for achieving rapid and high imaging. We tested whether this imaging technique is applicable to the diagnosis of parotid gland diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The balanced turbo FE sequence is a novel alternative MRI technique for the diagnosis of various parotid gland diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Cancer Biology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Cauteren
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity