Magnetic resonance imaging artifact following acoustic neurofibroma surgery - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 938-940

  Sridhar, Krishnamurthy ^a   Ramamurthi, Ravi ^a   Vasudevan, Madabushi Chakravarthy ^a   Ramamurthi, Balasubramaniam ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurofibroma; Artifact; High speed drill; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metal

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0033377808     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.938     Document Type: Article

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