Cerebrospinal fluid changes after intravenous injection of gadolinium chelate: Assessment by FLAIR MR imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 592-597

  Bozzao, Alessandro ^a   Floris, Roberto ^c   Fasoli, Fabrizio ^c   Fantozzi, Luigi Maria ^a,b   Colonnese, Claudio ^b   Simonetti, Giovanni ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; FLAIR sequence; Ischemic stroke; MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TUMOR NECROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038343493     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1546-4     Document Type: Article

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