Brain magnetic resonance imaging at 3 tesla using BLADE compared with standard rectilinear data sampling

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a,b   Runge, Val M ^b   Biswas, Jonmenjoy ^b   Nelson, C Brett ^b   Stemmer, Alto ^c   Simonetta, Alexander B ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Naul, L G ^b   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Brain; Magnetic resonance; Neuroradiology; PROPELLER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33747820447     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000223742.35655.24     Document Type: Article

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