CSF flow studies of intracranial cysts and cyst-like lesions achieved using reversed fast imaging with steady-state precession MR sequences

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-502

  Hoffmann, Karl T ^a,b   Hosten, Norbert ^a   Meyer, Bernd U ^a   Röricht, Simone ^a   Sprung, Christian ^a   Oellinger, Johann ^a   Gutberlet, Matthius ^a   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034018506     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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