Sensitivity and reproducibility of fast-FLAIR, FSE, and TGSE sequences for the MRI assessment of brain lesion load in multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Rovaris, Marco ^a   Yousry, Tarek ^b   Calori, Giglioia ^a   Fesl, Gunther ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; BRAIN DAMAGE; FAST FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; FAST SPIN ECHO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBO GRADIENT SPIN ECHO;

EID: 0030896428     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon19977298     Document Type: Article

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