Spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis with multicoil arrays: A comparison between fast spin echo and fast FLAIR

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 632-635

  Filippi, Massimo ^a,d   Yousry, Tarek A ^b   Alkadhi, Hatem ^b   Stehling, Michael ^b   Horsfield, Mark A ^c   Voltz, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fast fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Fast spin echo; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION;

EID: 0030463995     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.6.632     Document Type: Article

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