Exclusion of brain lesions: Is MR contrast medium required after a negative fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 915, 2004, Pages 183-188

  Saleh, A ^a   Wenserski, F ^a   Cohnen, M ^a   Furst G ^a   Godehardt, E ^a   Modder U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 1642523578     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/62546157     Document Type: Review

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