Study of susceptibility-induced artefacts in GRASE with different echo train length

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 834-838

  Allkemper, T ^a   Reimer, P ^a   Schuierer, G ^a   Peters, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain hemorrhage; FSE; GRASE; Magnetic resonance imaging; Susceptibility artefact

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031640069     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050481     Document Type: Article

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