Usefulness of optimized gadolinium-enhanced fast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR imaging in revealing lesions of the brain

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 803-807

  Melhem, Elias R ^a   Bert, Robert J ^a   Walker, Richard E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FAST FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031723433     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725320     Document Type: Article

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