Normal structures in the intracranial dural sinuses: Delineation with 3D contrast-enhanced magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient-echo imaging sequence

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1739-1746

  Liang, Luxia ^a   Korogi, Yukunori ^a   Sugahara, Takeshi ^a   Ikushima, Ichiro ^a   Shigematsu, Yoshinori ^a   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3D CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID ACQUISITION GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING SEQUENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID GRANULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL DURAL SINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARACHNOID; CEREBRAL VEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0036846274     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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