Double inversion recovery imaging of the brain: Initial experience and comparison with fluid attenuated inversion recovery imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Turetschek, Karl ^a   Wunderbaldinger, Patrick ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Zontsich, Thomas ^a   Graf, Oswald ^a   Mallek, Reinhold ^a   Hittmair, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain; Double inversion recovery fast spin echo; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032005004     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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