title: Hepatic MRI using the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to describe the merits and drawbacks of the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique for hepatic MRI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With complementary information from two different dynamic imaging sets in conjunction with errorless subtraction between in- and out-of-phase images, the double-echo chemical shift phase-selective gradient-echo technique provides useful information regarding unpredictable variations in intra- or extralesional lipid content, allowing detailed assessment of focal lesions during hepatic MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, YongDong Severance Hospital, 146-92 Dogok-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 135-720, South Korea. yjsrad97@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jeong-Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun-Gyun
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun-Kee
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Mi-Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ki Whang
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013382:Subtraction Technique