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Effect of superparamagnetic iron oxide on tumor-to-liver contrast at T2*-weighted gradient-echo MRI: Comparison between 3.0T and 1.5T MR systems

✍ Tonsok Kim; Takamichi Murakami; Masatoshi Hori; Hiromitsu Onishi; Kaname Tomoda; 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 404 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Purpose To compare 3.0T and 1.5T MR systems in terms of the effect of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) on tumor‐to‐liver contrast in T2\*‐weighted gradient‐echo MRI. ## Materials and Methods SPIO‐enhanced gradient‐echo MR images of the liver with four different TEs (3, 5.3, 6.5