Evaluation of extraocular muscles using dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in patients with chronic thyroid orbitopathy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-120

  Taoka, Toshiaki ^a   Sakamoto, Masahiko ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukusumi, Akio ^a   Iwasaki, Satoru ^b   Taoka, Keiko ^c   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Higashiosaka City General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhancement; Extraocular muscle; Graves disease; MR imaging; Orbitopathy

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

'CURRENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES; GRAVE DISEASE; MR IMAGING; ORBITOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES; TEMPORALIS;

DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 13244250993     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000146112.56194.24     Document Type: Article

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