A comparison of MR imaging with fast-FLAIR, HASTE-FLAIR, and EPI-FLAIR sequences in the assessment of patients with multiple sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1931-1938

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^b   Wiessmann, Martin ^b   Mennea, Silvia ^b   Cercignani, Mara ^b   Yousry, Tarek A ^b   Sormani, Maria P ^b   Comi, Giancarlo ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032692446     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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