Myelographic MR imaging of the cervical spine with a 3D true fast imaging with steady-state precession technique: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 585-592

  Baskaran, Visveshwar ^a   Pereles, F Scott ^a   Russell, Eric J ^a   Georganos, Stavros A ^a   Shaibani, Ali ^a   Spero, Kenneth A ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^b   Zhang, Al ^c   Finn, J Paul ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Spinal cord, MR; Spine, anatomy; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUE FAST IMAGING WITH STEADY STATE PRECISION;

EID: 0037407961     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2272011149     Document Type: Article

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