Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain with gadopentetate dimeglumine-DTPA: Comparison of T1-weighted spin-echo and 3D gradient-echo sequences

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-424

  Li, Debiao ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^a   Tarr, Robert W ^a   Venkatesan, Ramesh ^a   Lin, Weili ^a   Wielopolski, Piotr ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Imaging; Brain, MR studies; Contrast agents; Magnetic resonance (MR); Pulse sequences; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030137094     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060302     Document Type: Article

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