The role of classic spin echo and FLAIR sequences for the evaluation of myelination in MR imaging

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-136

  Kizildaǧ, Betül ^a   Düşünceli, Ebru ^a   Fitoz, Suat ^a   Erden, Ilhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelination

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 23844504083     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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