Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-06-002 ISMRM Abstract

Contrast-enhanced and unenhanced spiral-UTE are comparable for depicting morphological features of pulmonary nodules

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Qing Fu , Ting Yin1, Thomas Benkert2, Jing Peng3
1MR Collaborations, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Shanghai, China
2MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare Ltd., Erlangen, Germany
3Clinical and Technical Support, Philips Healthcare (Beijing), Beijing, China
Presenting Author: Qing Fu

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