Analysis of cystic intracranial lesions performed with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1259-1267

  Aprile, Italo ^a,b   Iaiza, Francesca ^a   Lavaroni, Antonino ^a   Budai, Riccardo ^a   Dolso, Pierluigi ^a   Scott, Cathryn A ^a   Beltrami, Carlo A ^a   Fabris, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b S Maria Della Misericordia Gen H ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032767747     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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