Uniform fat suppression in hands and feet through the use of two-point Dixon chemical shift MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-193

  Maas, Mario ^a   Dijkstra, Piet F ^a   Akkerman, Erik M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone marrow, MR; Bones, infection; Bones, neuropathic disorder; Diabetes mellitus, complications; Foot, MR; Hand, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), chemical shift; Magnetic resonance (MR), fat suppression

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0032899168     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.1.r99ja35189     Document Type: Article

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