Comparison between magnetization transfer contrast and fast spin-echo MR imaging of degenerative disease of the cervical spine at 0.3 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-45

  Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^a,d   Onaya, Hiroaki ^a   Itai, Yuji ^a   Nishimura, Hiroshi ^b   Matsumura, Akira ^a   Tsunoda, Takashi ^c   Kandatsu, Susumu ^d   Koga, Masahisa ^d   Yoshikawa, Kyosan ^d   Kato, Hirotoshi ^d   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fast spin echo; Magnetization transfer contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0030955104     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00247-0     Document Type: Article

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