Unselected brain 0.5-T MR imaging: Comparison of lesion detection and characterization with three T2-weighted sequences

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 671-678

  Maubon, Antoine J ^a   Pothin, Agnès ^a   Ferru, Jean Michel ^a   Berger, Vincent M ^a   Daurès, Jean Pierre ^b   Rouanet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Centre Medico chirurgical Beausoleil   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031721106     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.3.9722844     Document Type: Article

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