Brain: Gadolinium-enhanced fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Mathews, Vincent P ^a   Caldemeyer, Karen S ^a   Lowe, Mark J ^a   Greenspan, Stacy L ^a   Weber, David M ^b   Ulmer, John L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR), inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance (MR), magnetization transfer contrast; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032907673     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.1.r99mr25257     Document Type: Article

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