Detection of brain metastasis at 3T: Comparison among SE, IR-FSE and 3D-GRE sequences

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2345-2351

  Kakeda, Shingo ^a   Korogi, Yukunori ^a   Hiai, Yasuhiro ^b   Ohnari, Norihiro ^a   Moriya, Junji ^a   Kamada, Koji ^a   Hanamiya, Mai ^a   Sato, Toru ^a   Kitajima, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D fast spoiled gradient echo sequence; 3T MRI; Brain metastasis; Contrast enhanced sequence

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GADOTERIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548067712     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0599-9     Document Type: Article

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