MR ventriculocisternography by using 3D balanced steady-state free precession imaging: Technical note

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1170-1173

  Wu, Ming Long ^a   Ko, Cheng Wen ^e   Chen, Ting Yi ^b   Wu, Ming Ting ^f   Chung, Hsiao Wen ^c   Huang, Teng Yi ^d   Lin, Yi Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARENCHYMA; PLOTS AND CURVES; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTIFACT; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33644832073     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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