Differential diagnosis of intracranial lesions with high signal on T1 or low signal on T2-weighted MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 922-933

  Warakaulle, Dinuke R ^a   Anslow, P ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol; Fat; Flow void; MRI; Paramagnetic

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COPPER; FAT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AIR; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL BONE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FLUID FLOW; GRANULOMA; HALLERVORDEN SPATZ DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOMA; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0347504472     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00268-X     Document Type: Review

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