Cerebrospinal fluid flow artifact a possible pitfall on fast-spin-echo MR imaging of the spine simulating intradural pathology

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-142

  Larsen, Donald W ^a,b   Teitelbaum, George P ^a   Norman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Cerebrospinal fluid; Fast spin echo; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; THORACIC SPINE;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; ARTIFACTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0029664763     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-7071(94)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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