Fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR of intracranial infections

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 909-913

  Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^a   Inaoka, Sayuki ^a   Mizutani, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hachiya, Junichi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain, infection; Brain, magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; EMPYEMA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031392078     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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