Pitfalls and Artifacts Encountered in Clinical MR Imaging of the Spine

Radiographics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1499-1521

  Taber, Katherine H ^a   Herrick, Richard C ^a   Weathers, Susan W ^a   Kumar, Ashok J ^b   Schomer, Donald F ^b   Hayman, L Anne ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Images, artifact; Magnetic resonance (MR), artifact; Spine, MR, 30.1214

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 0032197240     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.18.6.9821197     Document Type: Article

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