Cerebral white matter: Technical development and clinical applications of effective magnetization transfer (MT) power concepts for high-power, thin-section, quantitative MT examinations

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Finelli, Daniel A ^a   Hurst, Greg C ^a   Amantia Jr , Philip ^a   Gullapali, Rao P ^b   Apicella, Anthony ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Picker International   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities, 10.871; Brain, MR, 10.121417; Brain, white matter, 10.121417; Magnetic resonance (MR), magnetization transfer contrast, 10.121417; Sclerosis, multiple, 10.871

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0029981607     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633148     Document Type: Article

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