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Diagnostic Confidence of Contrast-Enhanced T1-Weighted MRI for the Detection of Brain Metastases: 3D FSE versus 3D GRE–Based Sequences

Maria Gule-Monroe, Nathan Chasen, James P. Long, Vinodh A. Kumar, Komal Shah, Melissa Chen, Jason Stafford, Caroline Chung, Max Wintermark, Ping Hou, Ekta Sura, Chenyang Wang, Jeffrey Weinberg and Ho-Ling Liu
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8590
Maria Gule-Monroe
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Nathan Chasen
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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James P. Long
bDepartment of Biostatistics (J.P.L.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Vinodh A. Kumar
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Komal Shah
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Melissa Chen
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Jason Stafford
cDepartment of Imaging Physics (J.S., P.H., H.-L.L.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Caroline Chung
dDepartment of Radiation Oncology (C.C., C.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Max Wintermark
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (M.G.-M., N.C., V.A.K., K.S., M.C., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Ping Hou
cDepartment of Imaging Physics (J.S., P.H., H.-L.L.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Ekta Sura
eDivision of Diagnostic Imaging (E.S.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Chenyang Wang
dDepartment of Radiation Oncology (C.C., C.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Jeffrey Weinberg
fDepartment of Neurosurgery (J.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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Ho-Ling Liu
cDepartment of Imaging Physics (J.S., P.H., H.-L.L.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Maria Gule-Monroe, Nathan Chasen, James P. Long, Vinodh A. Kumar, Komal Shah, Melissa Chen, Jason Stafford, Caroline Chung, Max Wintermark, Ping Hou, Ekta Sura, Chenyang Wang, Jeffrey Weinberg, Ho-Ling Liu
Diagnostic Confidence of Contrast-Enhanced T1-Weighted MRI for the Detection of Brain Metastases: 3D FSE versus 3D GRE–Based Sequences
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