MR fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging as routine brain T2- weighted imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-143

  Arakia, Yutaka ^a   Ashikaga, Ryuichiro ^a   Fujii, Koichi ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Ueda, Jun ^b   Fujita, Norihiko ^c  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain magnetic resonance; Conventional T2 weighted imaging; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery imaging

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDS (CSF); FLAIR-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY (FLAIR) IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033406162     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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